Identifier: birdsEuropeVGoul (find matches)
Title: The birds of Europe
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Edward Lear (signature on the rock drawn on the left) for the account of Gould, John, 1804-1881
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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£ £3 El AUDOUINS GULL. Larus Audouinii, Temm.La Mouette dAudouin. Although we are not aware of any instance of the occurrence of this fine species of Gull in our seas, stillfrom a letter we have lately received from our friend M. J. Natterer, it would appear that it is by no meansrare in the Mediterranean, for says M. Natterer, I shot three of these gulls near Gibraltar and Tarifa, thewhole of which had white heads in the month of August, the species cannot therefore belong to thatsection of the family which during this month have the head black. From our knowledge of birds, we should say that the present species is extremely local, and we have neverobserved it in any of the many foreign collections we have had opportunities of examining. Our figure istaken from a fine specimen sent to us by M. Temminck, but from what locality it was obtained is not stated.It is probable that independently of those of the Mediterranean the whole of the coasts of Northern andWestern Africa constitute

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