. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. -THE GULLS AND TERNS â LARUS. ')â¢)! â¢^â¢^1 il,-li-ii)lor" (^, MS.). Total lenjjth (before .«kinninL,'1, ) inches ; winj;. LMH); tail, (; a> ; culuieii, l.(iO ; ilojUli of lull tliri)iii,'h l>ase, .(>(>; tliroiij,'li aiijjle, .;").") ; tardus, ±l'\ ill oiij,'iiial ilesi'i'iittiou of this species, Mr. 15rewster ,i,'i\es the fullowiiiL; nieasnremeiits of aiMitioiial si)eeiinens, which we have not hail the opportiiiiily of examinin>;; â (1)
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. -THE GULLS AND TERNS â LARUS. ')â¢)! â¢^â¢^1 il,-li-ii)lor" (^, MS.). Total lenjjth (before .«kinninL,'1, ) inches ; winj;. LMH); tail, (; a> ; culuieii, l.(iO ; ilojUli of lull tliri)iii,'h l>ase, .(>(>; tliroiij,'li aiijjle, .;").") ; tardus, ±l'\ ill oiij,'iiial ilesi'i'iittiou of this species, Mr. 15rewster ,i,'i\es the fullowiiiL; nieasnremeiits of aiMitioiial si)eeiinens, which we have not hail the opportiiiiily of examinin>;; â (1) Adult, from of Fiiiuly (ohtaiiu'd ahout N'ov. 1, 1881), nientioned by >[r. Hrewsler in " I'.1111. Nutt. Oni. ; April, 188;i, p. liif) : "Win.,'. inches: culinen, ; bill from iiostril, .88; };ape, ')-, heij;ht at nostril, .(Hi; ilo. at jinj^le, .(!(i; tai-sns, â¢^>; miiliUe toe and , liiw, ; tail, ()." (-2) Athilt S, Grand Meiiaii, New Rrnnswick, .Ian. -21, 1883 : " ' Len.,'lh, â¢J;}.7.'> inches ;' winj;, (); ciilnien, ,") ; bill from nostril, .80; gape, ; height at nostril, .(i") ; ^\^<. at angle, . ; taisiis, 2.;U); middle toe antl claw, ; tail, ; (:\) Immatiiir, Hay of Fiindy, February, 1883 : 'â¢' Length, â¢'M) indies ; extent, WW) ;' wing, ;i.,"iO ; cnlinen, !.(>;") ; bill from nostril, .8!) ; gape, ; height at nostril, ..Mi ; do. at angle, .(iO ; , ; middle toe and claw, ;i; tail, ().!)(>." Another siuH-imen, a female, ajipaivntly not i^uite in mature jilumage, shot Jan. 27, 1881, on tli.; wing, 1.'>.7.'); bill, ; from nostril, ..'^O; from gape, 2.(JO; height at nostril, .(iO; at angle, .(;i; tarsus. ; middle toe and claw, '); tail, ; Color of irides, one day after death, "jiale Slavish brown; of its bill, light watery yellow, with a greenish shade
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