{197} LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus Back and wings dark slaty blackish grey; primaries black, with a large white spot on first primary near the point; rest of plumage pure white; legs and gill yellow, latter with a red spot on lower mandible; eyes yellow, eyelids red.
— from Egyptian Birds For the most part seen in the Nile Valley by Charles Whymper
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