BIRDS OF NEW YORK 1 23 



The Glaucous gull, Burgomaster, or Ice gull is an uncommon but 



regular winter ^•isitant to the shores of this State. It is an Arctic species 



famous for its raticotis voice and gluttonous appetite. Several have been 



captured on the lower Hudson river and on Long Island, [sec Chapman, 



Birds of New York and Vicinity, p. i6]. Recent records are as follows: 



Washington co., N. Y. Winter 1868. (White phase). Elliot, Birds of N. A., pi. 12 



Long Island sound, X. Y. Mar. 1879. L. I. Hist. Soc. Col. 



Long Island, N. Y. Mar. 4, 1880. (White phase). Found in Fulton Market, Mearns, 



N. O. C. Bui., 5: 189 

 Bangor, Franklin co., N. Y. About 1880. Merriam, N. 0. C. Bui., 7: 257 

 South Oyster Bay, L. I. Mar. 11, 1884. Dutcher, Auk, 2: 37 



Springs, L. I. Gardiners Bay. Mar. 19, 1887. (25 seen). (Parsons). Dutcher, Xutcs 

 New York, N. Y. Jan. 19, 1889. \vv, oc. L. S. Foster 

 Sag Harbor, L. I. Dec. 11, 1890, 9 ; Feb. 8, 1890. Dutcher Collection 

 Far Rockaway, L. I. Jan. 11, 1891. 9. Immature. Howell, O. and O., 16: 61. Lin. 



Soc. N. Y. Proc. 1891. p. 5; Braishn, p. 36 

 Far Rockaway, L. I. " Jan. i, 1891." (Howell). Dutcher, Notes 

 Miller's Place, L. I. wv, 1893. (Helme). Dutcher, Notes 

 Buffalo, N. Y. Jan. 29, 1895; Feb. 13, 1898. Savage, Auk, 12: 312 

 r.pke Ontario, Monroe co., N. Y. Feb. 22, 1899. Truman R. Taylor 

 Rockaway, L. I. Jan. 2, 1901; Jan. 13, 1901; Mar. 13, 1904; May i, 1904. (Peavey) 



Braislin. Lin. Soc. N. Y. Proc. 1907. p. 36 

 "L a r u s h u t c h e n s i i " New York and vicinity. Lawrence list 



Larus leucopterus Faber 

 Iceland Gull 



Larus leucopterus Fabcr. Prodr. Isl. Orn. 1822. p. 91 



A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 43 



lencop'terus, Gr. Xeu/cos, white, and Trrepov, wing 



Description. Colors and sequence of plumages as in the Glaucous gull, 

 but in immature birds the shafts of the primaries are more often white or 

 brownish instead of yellowish as in h y p e r b o r e u s . Also the mot- 

 tling of the first winter plumage, according to Dr Dwight, is sometimes 

 more blackish in the present species. 



Length 24-26 inches; wing 14. 75-16. 5; tail 6-6.7; bill 1.6-i.g; depth of 

 bill .62-7; tarsus 2.1-2.5; middle toe and claw 2.1-2.35. 



The Iceland or White-winged gull, like its larger counter]jart the 

 Glaucous gtill, is an holarctic species, and straggles southward in winter to 



