GULLS. 95 



tied with darker, a broad, very dark subter- 

 minal tail band; beneath, quite uniform yel- 

 lowish brown; no white on primary tips. 

 Third year, although showing some of the 

 colors of the adult, is more or less mottled 

 throughout with dusky. Bill, brown in all 

 immature birds. The Old World form, but 

 also occurs not infrequently on our side of 

 the ocean. 



63. AMERICAN HERRING GULL. 



Differs from the last in having the 

 white on tip of first primary divided by a 

 black bar, fig. 66. Breeds on both salt and 

 fresh water from southern Me. northward; 

 constantly resident on the coast south to 

 Cape 2 Ann, Mass.; winters in great abund- 

 ance from Me. to the Carolinas and is rather 

 common to the St. Johns River, Fla.; occa- 

 ally occurs on the coast of Cuba. 



[Note :- Although I am, of course, aware that many or- 

 nithologists no longer separate the Herring Gulls on eith- 

 er side of the Atlantic, I still continue to do so for reasons 

 which cannot well be here stated.] 



