. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. •'I •. GLAUCOUS GULL. BURGOMASTER. LaRUS OFwXUCL'S. CiiAK. Mantle pale pearl grav, rest of plumage white ; hill yellow, with a patch uf orange at the angle, legs and feet briglit pink. Length about 32 inches, female somewhat smaller. In winter the head and neck arc streaked with pale brownish grav- Innnature birds are mottled grayish brown and pale gray; the first plumage is the darkest. In the s])ring, before the
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. •'I •. GLAUCOUS GULL. BURGOMASTER. LaRUS OFwXUCL'S. CiiAK. Mantle pale pearl grav, rest of plumage white ; hill yellow, with a patch uf orange at the angle, legs and feet briglit pink. Length about 32 inches, female somewhat smaller. In winter the head and neck arc streaked with pale brownish grav- Innnature birds are mottled grayish brown and pale gray; the first plumage is the darkest. In the s])ring, before the young assume the pearl mantle, their entire plumage becomes white. Xtst, Usually on a cliff, sometimes on a low, grassy island or sandy beach; a slight affair o( sea weed or moss or grass. /''xX^. 2-3 ; stone drab or olive buff, sometimes jiale buff, marked with brown and ashy gray ; average si/e about X 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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