@Override
    public E removeFirst() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().removeFirst();
      }
    }

    @Override
    public E removeLast() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().removeLast();
      }
    }

    @Override
    @CheckForNull
    public E pollFirst() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().pollFirst();

          if (topConcat.metaIterators != null) {
            while (!topConcat.metaIterators.isEmpty()) {
              this.metaIterators.addFirst(topConcat.metaIterators.removeLast());
            }
          }
          this.topMetaIterator = topConcat.topMetaIterator;
        }
      }
      return true;
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness

          if (topConcat.metaIterators != null) {
            while (!topConcat.metaIterators.isEmpty()) {
              this.metaIterators.addFirst(topConcat.metaIterators.removeLast());
            }
          }
          this.topMetaIterator = topConcat.topMetaIterator;
        }
      }
      return true;
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness