. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Western Gulls 3, rarely 4; if second set, 2. Normal Gull type (applicable as a basis for description of all species nesting within the United States): ovate or elongate ovate; ground-color (light phase): pale olive-buff or olive-buff, more rarely cartridge-buff, tilleul buff, or pinkish buff; (middle phase): deep to dark olive-buff: (dark phase), light brownish olive to buffy olive, tawny olive, isabella color, or, rarely, buffy brown. Pigmenta
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Western Gulls 3, rarely 4; if second set, 2. Normal Gull type (applicable as a basis for description of all species nesting within the United States): ovate or elongate ovate; ground-color (light phase): pale olive-buff or olive-buff, more rarely cartridge-buff, tilleul buff, or pinkish buff; (middle phase): deep to dark olive-buff: (dark phase), light brownish olive to buffy olive, tawny olive, isabella color, or, rarely, buffy brown. Pigmentation (of four general types): first, boldly and rather sparingly spotted with brownish black or dark sepia (washing to Saccardo's umber), or bister (washing to Prout's brown), or light brownish olive (washing to isabella color), exceptionally, tawny olive or brownish olive (washing to buffy olive), yellowish olive or cinnamon-buff; second, as first type, with much doubling or "shadowing" (under-shell marking) by violet-gray of various shades; third, color of pigments as before, but pattern highly diverse, vermiculated or scrawled, scrawling sometimes confined to a broad girdle around the larger end, but often involv-. Taken on the Southeast Farallon AN EXPOSED DOMICILE Photo by the Author ing the entire egg in intricate patterns; fourth, pattern more or less suppressed or blended. Abnormally, pigment sometimes altogether wanting, and sometimes abso- lutely confined to cap on larger end. In general: eggs clay- or stone-colored, spotted and blotched with brownish black. As compared with the foregoing, eggs of the Western Gull incline to middle and darker grounds, and exhibit a high degree of variation. Av. of 40 specimens in the M. C. O. coll.: x ( x )! index Range of measurements: by 45-2_52-3 ( by ). Season: March- June, according to latitude (July-August where molested); one brood. General Range.—Pacific Coast o
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