. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. LAHID^ —THE GULLS O TERNS — LAUUS. 255. AtrkiUa Cutcahn-i, BosAi'. Xiiiimannia, 1854, 212. AlrkiUa minor, Bonap. 1. c. Atricilla macroptcru, Bonap. I. c. Larua (Atricilla) microplcnis, Bkuch, t. c "288. Hah. Tropical niul W;»riu-temj)erate Ameiicii, north to Maine, Ohio, Illinois, etc., but chiufly al»n<{ the sea<; south to the Lower Amazon ; both coasts of Central America. Casual in I'liirope. Sp. Chab. Adult, in summer: Heail and upper halt'of the neck ( farther down in
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. LAHID^ —THE GULLS O TERNS — LAUUS. 255. AtrkiUa Cutcahn-i, BosAi'. Xiiiimannia, 1854, 212. AlrkiUa minor, Bonap. 1. c. Atricilla macroptcru, Bonap. I. c. Larua (Atricilla) microplcnis, Bkuch, t. c "288. Hah. Tropical niul W;»riu-temj)erate Ameiicii, north to Maine, Ohio, Illinois, etc., but chiufly al»n<{ the sea<; south to the Lower Amazon ; both coasts of Central America. Casual in I'liirope. Sp. Chab. Adult, in summer: Heail and upper halt'of the neck ( farther down in front than on the nape) dark sLite-color, with n .slight brownish tinge, darkest on the neck ; an elongated white spot on each eyelid ; lower half of the neck, all round, entire lower parts, upper tail-coverts, and tail, pure whit«, the under surface with a delicate roseate tinge in fresh specimena ; mantle deep plumbeous, the secondaries and tertials broadly tipped with white. Outer live prima- vios black, with or without a small white apical spot, the bases of the thinl, fourth, and fifth slaty for a greater or distance, this sometimes aliruptly defined against the black, but oftener grading insensibly into it; remaining quills iioary plumbeous, tippe<l with white, the sometimes with a subtcrminal black spot, liill iliirk brownish red, the terminal third of the cul- men and the gonys blood-red or carmine ; eye- lids dull dark red ; rictus and interior of mouth Hcshy red ; iris dark grayish brown ; legs and feet dark retldisli brown, the welis darker ; claws black. Adult, in winter : SiniiLir, but head and nei'k white, the occiput and auricular region spotteil or mottled with bwwnish gray, and the eyes more or less surrounded by the same. BiU and feet more dusky. Ynuug, first plninnijf: Interscapulars, scapulars, and wing-coverts, grayish iirown centrally, broadly bordereil with i)ale grayish liufi" or day-color ; ^'reater wing-coverts ash- gray, ti
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