KUMLIEN S GULL. 25 I 



KUMLIEN'S GULL. 

 Larus kumlieni. 



Char. Mantle and wings pearl gray ; wings tipped with white, the 

 outer p'-imaries having a sub-terminal space of ashy gray ; bill yellow, 

 with a'spot of red at the angle ; legs and feet bright pink. Length about 

 24 inches. 



Immature birds are more or less mottled with dusky or brownish gray, 

 very young specimens being very dark 



Nest. On a cliff. 



Eggs. Not known. 



This species was described in 1883 by Mr. William Brewster 

 from specimens that had been taken in winter in the Bay of Fundy. 

 Kumlien found the bird breeding in numbers on the shores of 

 Cumberland Gulf; but it is not known to breed in Greenland, nor 

 have nests been discovered elsewhere. Of the bird's distribution 

 and of its distinctive habits nothing further is known. 



In coloration this species is a connecting link between lettcopterjts 

 and argeiitattis. 



Note. — The Siberian Gull {Larus affinis) occasionally visits 

 Greenland. 



