. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. i. \ j'. r â I. SAIilNE'S GULL. FORKED-TAIL GULL. XkMA SAIilXII. Char. Mantle deep liluisli qiay, â French gray ; head and neck dark shity gray, bordered liy a collar of black; f|iiil!s black tipped with white ; tail and under parts white; bill l)lack tipped with red, which in dried skins becomes yellowish. In winter the head is white, and the nape slaty gray. The young birds arc similar
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. i. \ j'. r â I. SAIilNE'S GULL. FORKED-TAIL GULL. XkMA SAIilXII. Char. Mantle deep liluisli qiay, â French gray ; head and neck dark shity gray, bordered liy a collar of black; f|iiil!s black tipped with white ; tail and under parts white; bill l)lack tipped with red, which in dried skins becomes yellowish. In winter the head is white, and the nape slaty gray. The young birds arc similar to the winter plumage of the adults, but the mantle is more or less varied with brown and bufT, and the tail has a terminal band of black. Length about 14 inches. A'rs/. On an island, usually in a lake, sometimes near the coast, â gen- erally a depression in the mossy turf, sparsely lined with grass, occasion- ally on the bare ground or in sand. yT^' 2-3 (usuallv 2) ; ground color of various shades of brown tinted with olive, marked with fine spots of dark brown and gray; size about X This interesting species was discovered by Captain Saliine at its breeding-station on some low rocky islands lying off the west coast of (Greenland, associated in considerable numbers with the Arctic Tern, the nests of the two birds intermingled. It is analogous to the Tern, not only in its forked tail and in its choice of a breeding-jilace, but also in the boldness which it displays in the protection of its young. The parent birds flew. 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 Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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