. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. 6s8 SABINE'S GULL. Sabine shot two in breeding-dress in July 1823 in the Spitsbergen group, where birds were recognized by Parry's Expedition in 1827 ; and the species is a visitor to Jan Mayen. In the Atlantic it has been met with as far south as the Bermudas and Texas; while in the Pacific it not only crosses the equator, but goes as far as lat. 12° S., nearly adult specimens in winter-plumage having been presented to me by Admiral Markham, from Callao Bay, where Staff-Commr. MacFarlane afterwards found it in swarms during the month of Februar
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. 6s8 SABINE'S GULL. Sabine shot two in breeding-dress in July 1823 in the Spitsbergen group, where birds were recognized by Parry's Expedition in 1827 ; and the species is a visitor to Jan Mayen. In the Atlantic it has been met with as far south as the Bermudas and Texas; while in the Pacific it not only crosses the equator, but goes as far as lat. 12° S., nearly adult specimens in winter-plumage having been presented to me by Admiral Markham, from Callao Bay, where Staff-Commr. MacFarlane afterwards found it in swarms during the month of February. It thereby over-laps the habitat of the far larger X furcata, another fork-tailed species, which has its head- quarters in the Galapagos Islands. The eggs, 2 in number, are laid on the bare ground, or on dry tussocks in marshes near the sea, and frequently in proximity to those of the Arctic Tern, with which bird this Gull often associates. They are brownish-olive in colour, with somewhat darker blotches near the larger end—much like those of the Arctic Skua in minia- ture : measurements 17 by i '3 in. The nestlings, hatched towards the end of July, are at first mottled with brown and dull yellow. The food consists of small fish, crustaceans, worms, insects and their larvse; the note is harsh and clicking. The adult in summer-plumage has the head and neck lead-grey, encircled by a black collar; quills chiefly black, broadly tipped with white; tail and under-parts white; mantle slate-colour; length 13 in. ; wing 1075 in. In winter the crown and forehead are white, but there is more or less black on the nape. The young bird in the plumage of the first autumn (figured below) is ash-grey on the upper-parts, barred with brown and dull white; when still younger it has a dark 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 resem
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