60. Larus philadelphia 
BONAPARTE’S GULL. 14 inches 
Adult. In summer. Above, whole head black, like a hood, back 
light gray ; long quill feathers white, tipped with black; tail white; 
below, breast white; bill black; feet red. In fall and winter and 
Immature. Similar, but black hood is changed to white and there 
isa blackish spot back of eye; immature has a black band 
across the tip of tail. Our smallest gull and the tamest. Asso- 
ciates with the terns. 
Breeds. North of New England. A common spring and fall 
migrant ; and a winter visitor on Long Island Sound. 
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