. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . Rosy Gull, Larus Franklinii, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 323. Male, 17, wing, 11. Interior of Fur Countries, breeding on the edges of large lakes. THE KITTIWAKE GULL. +Larus tridactylus, CCCCXLIV.—Adult in Summer, and Young in Winter. This beautiful Gull ranges, during the autumnal and winter months, alongthe whole of our extensive coasts. I have procured it from the mouth ofthe Mississippi to the coast of Maine, and have traced it from the latter dis-trict to Labrador. Yet I never saw it on any
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . Rosy Gull, Larus Franklinii, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 323. Male, 17, wing, 11. Interior of Fur Countries, breeding on the edges of large lakes. THE KITTIWAKE GULL. +Larus tridactylus, CCCCXLIV.—Adult in Summer, and Young in Winter. This beautiful Gull ranges, during the autumnal and winter months, alongthe whole of our extensive coasts. I have procured it from the mouth ofthe Mississippi to the coast of Maine, and have traced it from the latter dis-trict to Labrador. Yet I never saw it on any of our great lakes or rivers,nor in any part of the interior. From New York to Eastport it is extreme-ly abundant, and many breed on the Island of Grand Manan, off the entranceof the Bay of Fundy. As we approached the famous Gannet Rock of the Gulf of St. Lawrence,the wind suddenly rose to a gale; but as I was exceedingly anxious that alanding should be effected on the island, every exertion was made to enableme to accomplish my purpose. The whale boat was manned. Thomas : OCO KV. he- THE KITTIWAKE GULL. 147 Lincoln and my son leaped into it, accompanied by young by strong pulls, tbe buoyant boat advanced towards the grim nearly an hour it became hidden from my sight; but now and then thereport of a gun brought intimation that all was as yet safe; and at length Ihad the great pleasure of seeing it advancing towards the Ripley, whichstood off and on, shivering as it were under the heavy blast. My eye fixedto the telescope, watched every movement of the boat, as with fear I saw ittossed from billow to billow, this moment a glimpse of her keel appearingover the edge of a wave, the next a foot of her stem only seeming to floaton the waters. Pull steadily on, my good lads, at last came on my ear,when, by a heavy surge, the floating shell was driven back some twentyyards, as I thought, and the wave, foaming with wrath, broke over and exhauste
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