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This 1st-Basic smithsonianus Herring Gull was photographed on November 25, 1998 at Mustang Island, Texas by Martin Reid. The mantle and upper scapulars are first-basic feathers, while the lower scapulars are typical "holly-leaf" juvenile scapulars: