BIRDS—LARIDAE—CHROICOCEPHALUS CUCULLATUS. 851 
List of specimens. 
Catal. Sex. Locality. | When col- | Whence obtained. Orig. Length. | Stretch) Wing. Remarks. 
No. | lected. No. | of wings. 
lean | lassie! 
ae Coast New York.....00+- | eeceiscaseveces Cab.G.N. Lawrence} 988 eae 3 La eee Ree lrowlaiee'e osedcee dele sae cae eecieennsiieeececem 
6541 | CG | Key Biscayne, Fla....... | April Teseoes G. Wiirdemann....|.....- inewate len |eewsieees oo Pupil, feet, and bill (?) dark blue; eyes 
| | | | | with hazel ring. 
6473 | 3 | Indian river, Fla......... [Eeccesscesvotsleereds dostacesco: seal <e3 .| 16.50 | 39.50 | 12.50 Bill dark purple..ssesesseeeeeseceeeeees 
4929 | QO | St. John’s river, Fla....../scsecsseeseces|oeeees (lronordadcoca joencn0 mesecealsneeieers |i LGs00)|vesecueoteventacesssese, evescensanlocecue 
4318 |....| Caleasieu Pass, La. eat 1856. ..00ccce|soveee Oi. veccccicvies|cecces{ococtecs | cece cece | 13.00). eecccece . 
CEE) lee eeoobbce dos Aailescatess Wi854escstieeeeleecess doers eseerca lier: 16.00 | .......| 13.00 Soesdccsecs gs 
5642 |....| Indianola, Texas........- | Mar. 27,1855 | Capt. J. Pope...... 38 | 17.00) 40.50 | 13.25 Bill and gums red, eyes dark, feet dark 
| | gray. 
4162 Jaen Brazos, Texas. eco.s ov: .| Mar. 26,1853 | Capt. Van Vliet .... 14 | 16.50 | 39.50 | 13.00 | Byes black.....ssecee Sic seecvedeceicces 
CHROICOCEPHALUS FRANKLINII, Bruch. 
Franklin’s Rosy Gull. 
Larus franklinii, Ricu. F. B. A. II, 1831, 424; pl. Ixxi—Nurr. Man. II, 1834, 293.—Avp. Birds Am. VII, 
1844, 145, (not figured.) 
Chroicocephalus franklinii, Brucu, Cab. Jour. 1855, 289. 
Sp. Co.—.Adult. Head and upper part of neck black, with a plumbeous hue on the fore part of the neck extending a little 
lower than it does behind ; both eyelids white, except in front ; lower part of neck, under plumage, rump, and tail white; the 
under surface and interior lining of the wings deeply tinged with peach-blossom red ; back and wings dark bluish gray ; the 
outer web of the first primary is black nearly to the end, the inner web of the first and both webs of the four next are crossed 
with a subterminal black band about two inches wide on the outer and lessening to a half inch on the fifth; all the quill feathers 
end with white, on the first primary it is about one inch in extent ; shafts of all the primaries and the inner web of the first 
white, the other primaries are the same color as the back, except on the inner edge of the inner web and immediately adjoining 
the black bar, where they are white ; bill and legs vermilion. 
Length, 15 inches ; wing, 12; tail, 4}; bill, ]}; tarsus, 13. 
Ha).—Missouri river ; interior of fur countries. 
There are four specimens of this beautiful and well marked species in the collection, two of 
them in perfect plumage, in which a delicate roseate tint on the neck and under surface is very 
apparent. It is easily distinguished from C. atricilla by its much darker hood and the very 
differently colored primaries. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. | Sex and Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. | Collected by— | Length.| Stretch | Wing. | Remarks. 
No. age. lected. of wings. 
A897 fet Kanesville, Neb........ April 28,1856 | Lieut. Warren..... Dr. Hayden....| 15.00] 38.12] 12.00 | Byes black. sccccscccvcs cers 
5784 |. Q Plattesrivicrsecelssecicnes July 14,1856 | Lieut. Bryan....... Wre Sa, WO0ds 2,1: |/- <ince01e/e10\| oce'a:0 10 cjn|| n\sn a le.cieja|elucnrcinisiniclesiajuceniecieséeivsccse 
5790| © | Fort Pierre, Neb. ....-.|eceooesseesees | Dr. Evans.....s0ee | cae pe a ee [ecard ee tire ener toe ay 
CHROICOCEPHALUS CUCULLATUS, Lichtenstein. 
The Hooded Gull. 
"© Chroicocephalus cucullatus, Licut.’’ Brucu, Rey. Lar. in Cab. Jour. 1855, 290. 
Sp. Cu.— Adult. Hood plumbeous black, with an oval white spot over the eye and another on the hind part of the lower eye- 
lid, both extending backward; the entire neck, upper tail coverts, and under plumage pure white ; back and wings ash blue, 
about the shade of franklinii ; primaries bluish ash, the first black on the outer web and for one quarter its length on the inner 
