. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . LONG-WINGED SWIM M I. liS 52. Vega Gull Lams vegae. Range.—Coast of Alaska, south in winter toCalifornia. Similar to the Herring Gull, but with the man-tle darker, but not so dark as in the Western nesting habits and eggs are the same asthose of the Herring Gull, except that in a ser-ies, the eggs of the Vega will average a littledarker in ground color. It nests during May onthe coasts and islands of Bering Sea, placing itseggs in a
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . LONG-WINGED SWIM M I. liS 52. Vega Gull Lams vegae. Range.—Coast of Alaska, south in winter toCalifornia. Similar to the Herring Gull, but with the man-tle darker, but not so dark as in the Western nesting habits and eggs are the same asthose of the Herring Gull, except that in a ser-ies, the eggs of the Vega will average a littledarker in ground color. It nests during May onthe coasts and islands of Bering Sea, placing itseggs in a hollow on the ground. Size x w. Range.—Western North Americathe interior. A smaller Gull than the Herring with the prim-aries grayish instead of black: Length twenty-five inches. This Gull is foundin winter on the coast from British Columbia southward to Lower California,but nests in the interiar from Utah northward. They nest very abundantlyaround the Great Salt Lake, placing their nests generally upon the bare there is a scant lining of grasses or weeds and again the nests willbe situated in the midst of a tussock of grass. Three or four eggs generallyconstitute a set, inn occasionally five are laid. The usual nesting time is dur-ing May. They show the same great variations in color and markings com-mon to most of the Culls. Size X 54. Ring billed Gull. delarvarenis. Range. Whole of North America, breeding from the United States north-ward ami wintering south to the Gulf states. A small Gull, eighteen inches in length, with a lighl gray mantle, blackprimaries with white tips, a
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