. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. OENITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 69 and tomia; an orange red spot on each side of the lower mandible; angle of mouth yellowish flesh color, leaked eye-ring, reddish violet gray. Feet pinkish flesh color; nails horny black with whitish tips. IS'ew feathers were coining out on head, neck, and back, the whole plumage being quite fresh and new. The wliole plumage, except the wings and the mantle, dazzling mm. mm\\wmiim//M!M};i'M sm\iiiiii^ Fig. 3.—First three primaries of Larus cachinnans. The latter pure bluish slate gray without any mixtur
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. OENITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 69 and tomia; an orange red spot on each side of the lower mandible; angle of mouth yellowish flesh color, leaked eye-ring, reddish violet gray. Feet pinkish flesh color; nails horny black with whitish tips. IS'ew feathers were coining out on head, neck, and back, the whole plumage being quite fresh and new. The wliole plumage, except the wings and the mantle, dazzling mm. mm\\wmiim//M!M};i'M sm\iiiiii^ Fig. 3.—First three primaries of Larus cachinnans. The latter pure bluish slate gray without any mixture of brownish, of a shade just between the same parts in Larus occidentalis and L. domini- canus, being a little lighter than the lightest L. marinus I have seen, and easily distinguishable from the latter by the pureness of the gray, which has a decided inclination to bluish. The coloration and pattern of the wings are essentially similar to those of L. marinus and cnchinnans and. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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