. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. i;3. LAKUS. 289 l)ut extremely similar, the difference being (in our specimen) that the grey pattern is darker, while on the 3rd (see cut) and 4th quills there is a fairly defined subterminal bar across both webs : bill ». 1 2 3 Larus kumlieni. yellow, the angle red ; tarsi and toes dull yellow (dried). Total length 19-5 inches, culmen 2-1, wing 15-5, tail 0-5, tarsus 2, middle toe with claw 2-1. Vounr/. Unknown to me. Mr. Kumlien states that the birds shot in Cumberland Sound in September were " even darker than the young of L. an/eutatiis,
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. i;3. LAKUS. 289 l)ut extremely similar, the difference being (in our specimen) that the grey pattern is darker, while on the 3rd (see cut) and 4th quills there is a fairly defined subterminal bar across both webs : bill ». 1 2 3 Larus kumlieni. yellow, the angle red ; tarsi and toes dull yellow (dried). Total length 19-5 inches, culmen 2-1, wing 15-5, tail 0-5, tarsus 2, middle toe with claw 2-1. Vounr/. Unknown to me. Mr. Kumlien states that the birds shot in Cumberland Sound in September were " even darker than the young of L. an/eutatiis, the primaries and tail being very nearly ; Two young birds sent by Mr. W. Brewster and ascribed to this species are, in my opinion, young L. leucopterus. Hah. Cumberland Sound, Baffin Land. In winter to Bay of Fundy and New York. a. (S ad. sk. Cumberland Sound, west side of H. Saunders Coll. Davis Straits, June 10, 1884 {Henderson). 43. Larus glaucus. Lavus glaucus, Briinn. Orn. Bor. (17fi4: Iceland); Fal>i: Faun. Graml. ]\ 100 (1780, ex Brii>in.): Moh)\ Island. Natiirh. ]). 42 (1786) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 600 (1788); Lath. ii. p. 814 (1790) ; Bonn. Em: Meth. i. p. 841 (1790); Betzius, Faun. Suec. p. 156 (1800); VOL. XXV. U. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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