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	Slaty-backed Gull (schistisagus) 1st cycle (2CY), March 04 2010, Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan. Picture: Shiroto.Visit Shiroto's website for many more gull pictures from Japan! By March, still only few upper scaps replaced, otherwise juvenile plumage. Barred wing-coverts in this bird. Black bill, dark iris. 
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