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LARUS GLAUCUS. THE GLAUCOUS GULL. 



BURGOMASTER, or Bl'RGERMElSTER. ICELAND GULL. 



Fig. 95. 



Lams glaucus. Brunnich. Ornith. Boreal. No. 148 ? Gmel. Syst. Nnt 



I. 600 ? 

 Larus glaucus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 814 ? 



Goeland Burgcrmc ister. Larus glaucus. Toram. Man. d'Ornith. II. 7^7. 

 Iceland Gull. Edmondston. Mem. Worn. Soc. IV. 176, 182. 

 Larus glacialis. Greenland Gull. MacGillivray. Mem. "Wern. Soc. V. 270. 

 Glaucous Gull. Larus glaucus. Selb. lUustr. II. 498. 

 Larus glaucus. Glaucous Gull. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 279. 

 Larus glaucus. Bonap. Comp. List, 63. 



Bill two inches mid three-fourths along the ridye, xohich is 

 moderatehj decurved toward the end ; ten-twelfths high at the 

 angle, which is j^Tfominent ; tarsus three inches long; loings 

 about an inch shorter than the tail ; total length from twenty- 

 six to thirty-two inches. Adult in ivinter with the bill wine- 

 yellow, the lower mandible with an oriiiment-red patch toward 

 the end ; the margins of the eyelids straw-yelloio ; the feet 

 flesh-coloured; the back and icings light bluish-grey; quills 



