306 NEW-YORK FAUNA BIRDS. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL. ) 



S. stolida, Lin. (Aud. Vol. 7, p. 123, pi. 440.) Noddy. Sooty brown. Bill black; crown white. 



Tail wedge-shaped, long. Length, 16 - 0. Florida southwardly. 

 S. fuliginosa, Gm. (Aud. Vol. 7, p. 90, pi 432.) Sooty Tern. Forehead, outer tail-feathers and all 



beneath pure white. Bill, feet, stripe to the eye, and all above blue-black. Outer tail-feathers 4*0 



longer than the middle pair. Length, 16*0. Florida southwardly. 

 S. havelli. (Aud. Vol. 7, p. 103, pi. 434.) Bill, patch through the eye, and ends of five primaries 



black ; dusky grey above. Bill yellowish at tip. Feet orange-yellow. Beneath white. Length, 



15*5. Florida, Mississippi, Texas. 

 S. trudeauii. (Aud. Vol. 7, p. 105, pi. 435.) Bill yellow at base and tip; the remainder black. Feel 



orange-yellow. Stripe through the eye blackish grey. Fore part of the head, cheeks and upper 



part of the throat white. All else above and beneath, greyish blue. Length, 16*0. Coast of 



New-Jersey. An var. S. anglica ? 



GENUS LARUS. Linnaeus. Auctorum. 



Bill moderate, of one piece, robust, hard, straight, compressed. Upper mandible rounded 

 above, rather sharp, and curved at the point. Mental angle distinct. Nostrils medial, longitu- 

 dinal, linear, open, pervious. Hind toe very small, articulated high up on the tarsus, so 

 as not to touch the ground ; in one species, entirely wanting. Tail usually even, rarely 

 forked. 



THE WINTER GULL. 



Larus argentatus. 



PLATE CXX1I. FIG. 270 (summer). — PLATE CXXIX. FIG. 284 (winter). PLATE CXXX. FIG. 286 (variety). 



(STATE COLLECTION.) 



Larus argentatus, Brunn. Pennant, Arct. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 533. Temminck, Vol. 2, p. 764. Ncttall, Man. 

 Orn. Vol.2, p. 304. Audubon, B. of A. Vol.7, p. 163, pi. 448. 



Characteristics. Pearl-grey. Tail and all beneath white. Bill yellow ; the mental angle 

 orange. First 5 or 6 quills gradually black, and spotted and tipped 

 with white. Length, 25 "0. 



Description. Bill 2" long, - 8 deep at the mental angle. Nostrils sublinear, dilated 

 somewhat in front. Tarsus varying in length from 2*4 to 3 • 0. Tail broad, even or very 



