. Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. : Intended to contain descriptions and figures of all North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American ornithology. . ers brownishblack, all of the latter narrowly tipped with white. Shafts of the two firstprimaries white on the inferior surface of the wing. Young. Smaller, total length about 16 inches, wing 13, tail 6 plumage brown, darker on the head and paler on the under surfaceof the body; quills and tail feathers brownish black, the latt
. Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. : Intended to contain descriptions and figures of all North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American ornithology. . ers brownishblack, all of the latter narrowly tipped with white. Shafts of the two firstprimaries white on the inferior surface of the wing. Young. Smaller, total length about 16 inches, wing 13, tail 6 plumage brown, darker on the head and paler on the under surfaceof the body; quills and tail feathers brownish black, the latter narrowlytipped with white. Hab. Coast of California. Spec, in Mus. Acad. Philada. Obs. We are acquainted with no species of Gull which intimatelyresembles the bird now described. Judging from the only description extantof Larus Belcheri. Vigors, which is in the Zoological Journal, Vol. IV. , and which is too short to be of service in this family of birds—itappears to resemble that species to some extent L. Belcheri is muchlarger, and is described as having the entire plumage brownish lead-color,and as being 21 inches in total length. It appears to be, however, the onlywestern American species with which our present bird can be On iitoyie by W E liUtcoek &eo CThiie dei c ^ r i(^f//(7 // , ^/ (^ay/f . HaJiaelus peki^l:\\»(l,;) Lilh. rrinted & Colty J ,?Hl HALIAETUS PELAGICUS.—(Pallas.) The Northern Sea VI.—Female. The study of the rapacious birds of western and ■ north western Americapresents great attractions to the ornithologist, and a wide field for discovery. Owing, principally, to the difficulties in obtaining, or even in observing theshy and vigilant birds of this family, their investigation is of peculiar charac-ter, and dependent on accidental opportunity in some measure every where,but especially in countries where the primitive forests yet flourish in undis-turbed vigour, and which abound in unexplored and, as yet,
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