. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . ped with white and pale gray at the base ; shoulders gray;bill dusky, fading toward the base. Length 19/^ inches. Nest. On a grassy island in a lake or on an ocean cliff, — made of coarsegrass or sea-weed. Eggs. 2-3; ground color varied from pale to dark buff, sometimestinged with green or slate; profusely marked with several shades ofbrown and lilac; average size about X The Ring-billed Gull is distributed throughout this continent,but is more abundant on the saline lakes of the plains than alongthe sea-coast. In t
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . ped with white and pale gray at the base ; shoulders gray;bill dusky, fading toward the base. Length 19/^ inches. Nest. On a grassy island in a lake or on an ocean cliff, — made of coarsegrass or sea-weed. Eggs. 2-3; ground color varied from pale to dark buff, sometimestinged with green or slate; profusely marked with several shades ofbrown and lilac; average size about X The Ring-billed Gull is distributed throughout this continent,but is more abundant on the saline lakes of the plains than alongthe sea-coast. In the West the breeding area extends from SouthernMinnesota to Great Salt Lake, but on the coast this Gull does notnest farther south than Newfoundland. It is rather common dur-ing spring and fall on the New England coast, and in winter rangesfrom Long Island to the West Indies. Only a few examples havebeen taken on the Great Lakes. The chief summer diet of this species, in tlie interior, is grass-hoppers, which the birds catch in the air as well as on the IVORY GULL. Gavia alba. Char. Entire plumage white ; bill yellow, shading to greenish gray atthe base; legs and feet black. Length i8 inches. In immature birds the upper parts are more or less spotted withbrownish gray ; wings and tail tipped with dusky brown ; bill black. Nest. On a sea-beach or high cliff,— a slight depression in the soil,sparsely lined with grass or moss, sometimes made of moss and sea-weed,with a thin lining of down and feathers. Eggs. 1-2 ; pale to dark buff, more or less tinted with olive, some-times olive drab, marked with several shades of brown and lilac; aver-age size about X This beautiful species, called sometimes the Snow Bird, fromthe pure whiteness of its plumage, is found in great numberson the coasts of Spitzbergen, Greenland, Daviss Straits, onBaffins Bay, and on various parts of the northern shores of the IVORY GULL. 245 American continent. It seldom migrates far from i
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