. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 330 KEY AND DESCRIPTION with pearl-gray, but there is a darker spot around the eye. The young has the back of the neck and lesser wing coverts black. The name is derived from the bird's cry, kitti-aa, kitti-aa. Length, 17 ; wing, 12;|; tail, 4J; tarsus, IJ; oulmen, 1|. Arctic re- gions, south in eastern America, in winter to the Great Lakes and the Middle States. 15. Glaucous Gull (42. Ld,rus glaiicus). - ern, nearly white â gull, with yellow - A very large, north
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 330 KEY AND DESCRIPTION with pearl-gray, but there is a darker spot around the eye. The young has the back of the neck and lesser wing coverts black. The name is derived from the bird's cry, kitti-aa, kitti-aa. Length, 17 ; wing, 12;|; tail, 4J; tarsus, IJ; oulmen, 1|. Arctic re- gions, south in eastern America, in winter to the Great Lakes and the Middle States. 15. Glaucous Gull (42. Ld,rus glaiicus). - ern, nearly white â gull, with yellow - A very large, north- bill, a light pearl- gray mantle, and white tips; no black _ anywhere in any plumage. Yo ung much mottled ashy and buffy. (Burgo- master.) Length, 30 ; wing, 18 (16J-18f) ; tail, 8 ; tar- sus, 2|; culmen, 2^. Arctic regions ; breed- ing in America from Labrador northward, and south in winter to the Great Lakes and Long Glattoous Gull 16. Iceland Gull (43. Lclrus leucdpterus).âA large, north- ern, almost white gull, much like the last in coloring, but in its movements and feeding more like the herring gull (No. 19). The mantle is pale pearl-gray, and there are no dark tips to the primaries. Length, 25; wing, 15^^ (14|-16J) ; tail, 6|; tarsus, 2J; oulmen, IJ. Arctic regions ; south in winter to the Great Lakes and Long Island, sometimes still farther. 17. Kumlien's Gull (45. Lh,rus kumlieni). â Similar to the last two, but with the primaries distinctly marked with ashy- gray. The iirst primary has -a white tip with ashy-gray outer web; the second, with only a part of the outer web ashy-gray; the third and fourth have little gray on the outer webs, but some on both webs near the 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 Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc
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