. The birds of Indiana; a descriptive catalog of the birds that have been observed within the state, with an account of their habits. Birds. BiKDS OF Indiana. 569 V. Family LARID^. Gulls and Tekns. o' Bill more or less hooked; general color chiefly white with a darker bluish-gray or slaty mantle. Subfamily LabiN2E. Gulm. 6'. Hind toe rudimentary or wanting, with minute claw or none. KissA. 6^. Hind toe small, but with perfect claw. c^ Tail even. Larus. 6 c2. Tail forked. Xema. o^. Bill not hooked, but narrow and pointed, the mandibles even; tail (in our species), deeply forked. Subfamily Stern
. The birds of Indiana; a descriptive catalog of the birds that have been observed within the state, with an account of their habits. Birds. BiKDS OF Indiana. 569 V. Family LARID^. Gulls and Tekns. o' Bill more or less hooked; general color chiefly white with a darker bluish-gray or slaty mantle. Subfamily LabiN2E. Gulm. 6'. Hind toe rudimentary or wanting, with minute claw or none. KissA. 6^. Hind toe small, but with perfect claw. c^ Tail even. Larus. 6 c2. Tail forked. Xema. o^. Bill not hooked, but narrow and pointed, the mandibles even; tail (in our species), deeply forked. Subfamily Sternin^. Teens. d^. Tail much more than one-third length of wing, its outer feathers narrow and pointed; toes well webbed, e'. Bill stout, its depth at base equal to one-third length of culmen. Gelochelidon. e^. Bill slender, its depth at base not one-third its length. Sterna. 7 d^. Tail little more than one-third wing; its outer feathers broad and rounded. Hydrochelidon. 8 Subfamily Gulls. 6. Gbnus LAEUS Link^ Bill of a Gull mach reduced, o'. Length over 18. 6^. Priniaries without black; pearl-gray, fading gradually into white at tips, c'. Wing over L. glaucus Briinn. 9 c^. Wing or less. Ii. leucopterus Faber. 10 b'. Primaries crossed with black; shafts of primaries black in the black mark- ings. d'. Length over 22.; white tips of outer primary separated from the other white by band of black. L. axgentatus smithsonianus Coues. 11 d^. Length 20. or less. L. delawarensis Ord. 12 a'. Length under 16. e'. Bill and feet reddish ; wing over 11. L. franklinii Sw. & Rich. 13 e'. Bill black ; feet red or yellow ; wing under 11. L. Philadelphia (Ord). 14 9. (42.) Larus glaucus Brunn. Glaucous Gull. Synonym, Burgomaster. Adult.—"Plumage, pure white, except the mantle, which is grayish- blue; bill, gamboge yellow, with a carmine patch toward the end of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanc
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