. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. f , I. GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. SADDLE-BACK. COBB. Larus VARINUS. Ch*». Mantle tUty brown; outer wing-feathers more or less black, tipped with white; rest of plumage white; bill yellow, red at the angle, legs and feet pink Length about 30 inches. The full plumage is not assumed until the fourth year Immature birds are mottled brown and white, very young specimens having the upper parts almost entirely brown, and the bill dusky. Nisi. On an inaccessible clilT by the sea, or upon a rocky island in a la
. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. f , I. GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. SADDLE-BACK. COBB. Larus VARINUS. Ch*». Mantle tUty brown; outer wing-feathers more or less black, tipped with white; rest of plumage white; bill yellow, red at the angle, legs and feet pink Length about 30 inches. The full plumage is not assumed until the fourth year Immature birds are mottled brown and white, very young specimens having the upper parts almost entirely brown, and the bill dusky. Nisi. On an inaccessible clilT by the sea, or upon a rocky island in a lake,- -a mere depression in the turf, lined with grass or sea-weed; som^ times a bulky affair made of coarse herbage and lined with grass and a few feathers. Eggs. 2-3 (usually 3); huffish gray to deep bulf, sometimes slightly tinged with olive, boldly blotched with brown and gray; average size about 3:00 X The Saddle-back, or Black-backed Gull, is a general denizen of the whole northern hemisphere, and extends its residence in. 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. Toronto : Musson
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