BONAPARTE GULL 
60. Larus philadelphia. 14 in. 
Adult in summer.—Hood lighter gray and not as 
extensive as in the last two species; bill slender and 
black; feet coral red; primaries white with black tips 
and outer web of first one; mantle paler than either of 
the last. In winter, the head is white with gray spots 
back of the eyes. Young birds have the back mixed 
with brownish and the tail with a band of black near 
the tip, but the bill and primaries always separate this 
species in any plumage from the other black-headed 
gulls. Thes little gulls are one of the most beautiful 
and graceful of the family, but they are rarely found 
in the U. 8. with the dark hood. 
Nest.—Of weeds and grass on the ground, but not in 
the watery situations chosen by the preceding species. 
The three eggs are olive-brown, marked with blackish 
(1.90 x 1.30). 
Range.—Breeds in the interior from Hudson Bay and 
Northern Manitoba northward. Winters from Maine, 
the Great Lakes and British Columbia southward. 
