. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARIDyE. 68l. THE ICELAND GULL. Larus leuc6pterus, Faber. This is another species with whitish wings, and bears about the same proportion to the Glaucous that the Lesser Black-backed does to the Great Black-backed Gull. It was first recognized in the British Islands by the late Dr. Lawrence Edmonston of Unst in Shet- land, and is now known as a tolerably frequent, though irregulai, visitor to the sea-board of Scotland in cold weather; while the winter of 1872-3, which was remarkable for an unusual advent of Glaucous Gulls in the Firth of Forth,
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARIDyE. 68l. THE ICELAND GULL. Larus leuc6pterus, Faber. This is another species with whitish wings, and bears about the same proportion to the Glaucous that the Lesser Black-backed does to the Great Black-backed Gull. It was first recognized in the British Islands by the late Dr. Lawrence Edmonston of Unst in Shet- land, and is now known as a tolerably frequent, though irregulai, visitor to the sea-board of Scotland in cold weather; while the winter of 1872-3, which was remarkable for an unusual advent of Glaucous Gulls in the Firth of Forth, was still more so for the influx of Iceland Gulls, many of them being adults. Although this bird is naturally rarer on the shores of England, a large number reached Cornwall in January and February of 1873, while in the winter of 1874-5, after long-continued gales, both young and old were plenti- ful on the coast of South Devon. Mr. J. H. Salter says that in some 3 G. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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