. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. Taken in Santa Barbara Photo by the A uthor HIS RASCALITY. THE WESTERN GULL urements: length of adult (); av. of 10 Monterey specimens: length (); wing 420 (); tail (); bill (); depth at angle (.79); depth at nostril (base) (.72); tarsus (). Recognition Marks.—Standard of "gull size"; dark slaty blue of mantle distinctive in adult; adolescent black spot on angle o
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. Taken in Santa Barbara Photo by the A uthor HIS RASCALITY. THE WESTERN GULL urements: length of adult (); av. of 10 Monterey specimens: length (); wing 420 (); tail (); bill (); depth at angle (.79); depth at nostril (base) (.72); tarsus (). Recognition Marks.—Standard of "gull size"; dark slaty blue of mantle distinctive in adult; adolescent black spot on angle of gonys less persistent than in other species; pattern of wing-tip simpler than in many, but not affording good field mark; uniform black of primaries long persistent, and best character of young birds, as distinguished from either L. glancescens or L. argentatus; body plumage of young darkest. Nesting.— Nest: Placed on ground or in rock niche of sea-girt islet; bulky or scanty; a shallow crater of grasses, dried sea wrack, seaweed, or locally, of "Farallon weed," a coarse composite; ten inches from brim to brim by three inches deep. Eggs: 1378. 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 Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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