108 Birds of Canada. 
neck, blackish-gray ; lower neck, lower parts, 
and tail, white; back and wings, bluish-gray ; 
tail, long and forked. 
Larus Rossit.—Ross’s Gull. 
The habitat of this pretty gull is the arctic 
regions. During the fall and winter a few 
specimens are occasionally seen in the Gulf of 
St. Lawrence, and on the coast of Nova Scotia 
and Newfoundland. Back and wings, grayish- 
blue; neck, lower parts, and tail, white; bill, 
black ; feet, -red. Discovered by ‘Sir James 
Clark Ross, the navigator. 
Larus Franklinit.—Franklin’s Gull. 
This gull is a rare visitor in Canada. Its 
habitat is the arctic regions. Bill and feet, 
vermillion ; neck, rump, tail, and under plumage, 
white; black hood on nape; upper parts, bluish- 
gray ; quills terminated with white. 
L. argentatus—The Herring Gull, or Silvery 
Gull. 
The Silvery Gull is a regular visitor in Canada. 
It is twenty-four inches long ; bill, yellow ; head, 
neck, and tail, white ; the back and wing coverts, 
bluish-ash ; legs, pale flesh color. Breeds in the 
north. 
