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U> sixth primaries tipped with white, tin n bunded with gradually diiiiif)ihing 

 bw of black, whirh are succeeded by a whitinh spocr, while the n -I of th 

 feather is pearl-gray ; hill dark coral-red. .(/. !nr. but )n*ad 



nnd in < -k w hitv, tin- occiput, w it h orbital and auricular region*, grayish dusky ; 

 bill tul lift dusky, tin- former tip|-rd with orange rcddUh." )>iny,Jtr*t 



filnin I tlir hrllil (except fi>rclicud Utnl lr- . I'll, k lifl'l 



scapulars grayish brwn, the longer scapulars bordered t. rmiimlly with pale 

 grayish bull'; win/ c\i rt.-> 1-luUh /rav tinged with u r rti\ i.-h l>n>wn; seconda- 

 ries duitky, edged with pale ifntyiith l>lm> utnl )>r<>u<lly ti|.]i-.| with win- 



inn.T mru plunibuouis all browlly tip|x-<l with white. 

 Cftitntt ]>rti<>n nt' the rump uniform liirht Mui-li u r ra\ ; lateral urnl ] 

 l>irti!i> of the rump, up|K-r \M\'. it ire lower part*, t'l-n-hea'l, lore*, and 



white. Hill hroM-ni.ili, ilu.tky termitiully ; teet l-mwn .in >kiin." W., 



; th through no.-tr I!., ai.,1 K. ,. 



i'.iv.-.i> tri'in Miutherii Miiitiestn an<l I>akotu northwanl ; win- 

 t< r> in the Southern States, and migrate* principally we.-t <>f the Mi.-*'i!iippi 



.. nrnl Merriiini). Not found on the Atlantic eoMt 

 '.of (fnwco, etc.. iii reedy or Muah-grown marshc*. AV///, one to three, 

 varj'ing from dark ehoenlate to creamy l-rown and s<xty white, irregularly 

 marked with i-mall s<jM)t.s or large l>lotehe of umt.cr, and with ul*olete lilac 

 hell marking^, 2-12 x 1-40 (Preston). 



Tliis inland species reaches our western limits. An excellent ac- 

 count of its habits, by J. W. Preston, will be found in the Ornitholo- 

 gist and ( )ulogist, xi, pp. 54, 55. 



60. Larus Philadelphia "/-./). I!-.\ \PM:U.'-<;I 1 1.. A<1. in *mmtr. 

 \Vhoh- head ami tlm-at dark, s<M>ty j-late-color; nape and side* of the neck, 

 under part*, except throat, and tail white; back and wings pcarl-grny ; ftn*t 

 primary, wen fnun above, white, the outer web and tip block 

 second and third primaries white, tipped with black; third to -i\t!, primaricM 

 w ith small whitUh tips, then large black spaces, the rest of the feather white 

 or jx-arl gray ; bill l-lack. .I//, in irii,t>r. Similar to the preceding, but head 

 and throat white, the back and sides of the head washed w ith gra* i.-h. 1m. 

 T..J. of the head and nape and a i*]x>t on the auriculara more or less washed 

 with grayich; baek varying from brownUh gray to pearl-gray; lesser wing- 

 irrayinh bn>wn, Mvoiularies mostly pearl-gray ; first primary with the 

 outer web. tip, and imwt of the shaft part of the inner web black; inner mar- 

 gin of the inner web at the end of the feather narrowly I -ordered with black ; 

 second and third primaries much the same, but with slightly more black at 

 Is; tail white, banded with black and narrowly tipi*-d with while; 



under parts white. I... U-N.; \V.. lo-.TO; T., 4'OO ; R. \-\\ 



I*. Breeds from Manitoba northward; apparently no record of its 

 . the Atlantic coast; winters southward to the (lull 



iiinoii T. V., Mch. to May 5; <>.-t. and Nov. Long Island, 

 common T. V., a few winter, Oct. to Apl. Sing Sing, rather rare T. V 

 and 



Arf, of Kick* lined with grasses, etc., on stump*, in bushes or trees four 



