642 



OA VLE. 



LARID*. 



LARIDM. 



Larus leucopterus, Fabei'.* 

 THE ICELAND GULL, 



OR LESSER WHITE-WINGED GULL. 



Larus Icelandicus. 



This White-winged Gull bears about the same proportion 

 in size to the Glaucous Gull that the Lesser Black-backed 

 Gull does to the Great Black-backed Gull. It was first 

 recorded as a winter visitor to the British Islands by Dr. 



* Piodromus Islandischen OrnilLologic, p. I'l (1822). 



