. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 39. HERRING GULL 51. Larus argentatus. 24 in. \dults in snninier, white, with gray mantle, and blackpTiinaries tipped with white. In winter, the head andiKtk are streaked below with grayisli brown. Bills ofadults, yellow with red spot on lower mandible; eye\<dlow; feet flesh color; bill of young, flesh color withI l)lackish tip. These are the most abundant of thelaiger gulls and the best known because of their south-cih distribution. Several of the smaller Maine islandsha\e colonies of thousands of birds each, an
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 39. HERRING GULL 51. Larus argentatus. 24 in. \dults in snninier, white, with gray mantle, and blackpTiinaries tipped with white. In winter, the head andiKtk are streaked below with grayisli brown. Bills ofadults, yellow with red spot on lower mandible; eye\<dlow; feet flesh color; bill of young, flesh color withI l)lackish tip. These are the most abundant of thelaiger gulls and the best known because of their south-cih distribution. Several of the smaller Maine islandsha\e colonies of thousands of birds each, and in wintercieat numbers of them are seen in all the harbors alongoui seacoast. Young gulls are born covered with down,and can run swiftly and swim well. Notes.— Cack-cack-cack and very noisy squawkingswhen disturbed at their breeding grounds. Nest.—A hollow in the ground, or a heap of weedsand trash. The three eggs are olive-gray, spotted withblack (). Range.—Breeds from Maine, the Great Lakes and Da-kotas northward; winters south to the Gulf of Mexico. RING-BILLE
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