SABINE GULL 
62. Yema sabini. 14 in. 
Tail slightly forked; bill small and black, tipped with 
yellow. Adults in summer.—Head with a slaty-gray 
hood, edged with a black ring around the neck; outer 
primaries black, with white tips, and edge of shoulder 
black; feet blackish; eye ring orange red. In winter, 
without the hood or collar, but the head is tinged with 
gray on the ears and nape. Young birds most nearly 
resemble those of the Bonaparte Gull, but the primaries 
are blackish, and the tail slightly forked. This species 
is very abundant within the Arctic Circle, but is not 
as boreal as the last. 
Nest.—In depressions in the ground, usually lined 
with grass; the three eggs are olive-brown, marked with 
deeper brown and black (1.75 x 1.25). 
Range.—Breeds from northern Alaska and the islands 
about the mouth of Hudson Bay northwards; winters 
south on the Atlantic coast to Maine and rarely New 
York. 
