. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Plate. Larus icbthyaetus at Entebbe, Uganda The bird was photographed at rest (see accompanying plate) and in flight. It was assumed to have been in its first summer. It was subsequently observed on a number of occasions up to 25 th September 1966, either on the same runway or on a nearby sandy beach. This record, the first for East Africa, or indeed anywhere in inland Africa, seems remarkable for the fact that Entebbe is about 1,000 miles from the nearest regular wintering area on the coasts of the Red Sea. The species is stated by White (A Revi
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Plate. Larus icbthyaetus at Entebbe, Uganda The bird was photographed at rest (see accompanying plate) and in flight. It was assumed to have been in its first summer. It was subsequently observed on a number of occasions up to 25 th September 1966, either on the same runway or on a nearby sandy beach. This record, the first for East Africa, or indeed anywhere in inland Africa, seems remarkable for the fact that Entebbe is about 1,000 miles from the nearest regular wintering area on the coasts of the Red Sea. The species is stated by White (A Revised Check List of African Non-Passerine Birds, 1965) to occur south to Eritrea, but appears not to have been recorded from the coasts of Somalia or Kenya. [Doubtless the subject of the above note was the same individual as that independently recorded on 1st May 1966 at Entebbe by Mann, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 1971: 112—Ed.] [The cost of reproduction of the plate in the above paper is to be borne by the author—Ed.]. 172. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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