. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ail gray,outer third black, narrowly tipped with whitish; wing quills : 15-17, wing lo, bill , tarsus 2. Remarks. — The young of the laughing gull may be distinguished fromFranklin and Bonaparte by its large size, longer bill, and wider black tailband. Distribution. — Atlantic and Gulf coast of United States and Pacificcoast of Mexico; south in winter to the Amazon, Kecorded from Col-orado, Nest. — In trees, four to twenty feet from the ground,
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ail gray,outer third black, narrowly tipped with whitish; wing quills : 15-17, wing lo, bill , tarsus 2. Remarks. — The young of the laughing gull may be distinguished fromFranklin and Bonaparte by its large size, longer bill, and wider black tailband. Distribution. — Atlantic and Gulf coast of United States and Pacificcoast of Mexico; south in winter to the Amazon, Kecorded from Col-orado, Nest. — In trees, four to twenty feet from the ground, generally madeof small sticks, lined with hay and moss. 59. Larus franklinii Sw. ^- Rich. Franklin in summer. — Bill bright red, with darker sub-terminal band ; head plum-beous black ; eyelids white ;mantle dark .slaty ; quillsgray, tipped with white, thefive outer with subterminalblack spaces; under i)artswhite, deeply tinted with rosepink. Adults in winter: headmainly white, with sides andback grayish dusky. Young :top and sides of head andback grayish l)rown ; quillsdusky, tipped with white ; tail ilg. 26 GULLS AND TERNS
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