98 LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS. 



in irrigular patches with brownish; there is 

 a conspicuous, sharply defined band of black 

 on end of tail; bill, black yellowish at tip, fig. 

 67. In this first plumage much like the Her- 

 ring Gull of the third year, but aside from 

 the much smaller size of the Ring-bill, its 

 black tail band is narrower and more sharp- 

 ly defined. As in Black-backs, there is no in- 

 termediate dress between first year and adult. 



Fig. 67. 



Young Ring-billed Gull. 1-5. 



