96 LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS. 



64. KUMLIEN GULL. 



A little smaller than the Herring Gull; 

 much paler; back, slightly bluish; primaries, 

 grayish, but with the mirrors distinct; the 

 wings, however, usually appear quite white 

 in flight; bill, yellow, feet, pinkish. Young, 

 creamy, mottled with pale brown. Breeds 

 about Cumberland Gulf; south in winter reg- 

 ularly to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Mass. 

 but is rather uncommon with us. 



65. ICELAND GULL. 

 Similar to the above, but pure white; 



young, pale brown mottled with a little dark- 

 er shade. Breeds on the northern coasts of 

 the north Atlantic; south in winter rather 

 rarely as far as Mass. 



Both the Kumlien and Iceland Gulls 

 fly with a little quicker movement of the 

 wings than the Herring Gull with which 

 they often associate. The Iceland Gull al- 

 ways appears paler than the Kumlien even 

 when seen at a distance. 



