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  The 
  Glaucous 
  gull, 
  Burgomaster, 
  or 
  Ice 
  gull 
  is 
  an 
  uncommon 
  but 
  

  

  regular 
  winter 
  visitant 
  to 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  this 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  Arctic 
  species 
  

  

  famous 
  for 
  its 
  raucous 
  voice 
  and 
  gluttonous 
  appetite. 
  Several 
  have 
  been 
  

  

  captured 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  Hudson 
  river 
  and 
  on 
  Long 
  Island, 
  [see 
  Chapman, 
  

  

  Birds 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Vicinity, 
  p. 
  i6]. 
  Recent 
  records 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Washington 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Winter 
  1868. 
  (White 
  phase). 
  ElHot, 
  Birds 
  of 
  N. 
  A., 
  pi. 
  12 
  

  

  Long 
  Island 
  sound, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar. 
  1879. 
  L. 
  I. 
  Hist. 
  Soc. 
  Col. 
  

  

  Long 
  Island, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar. 
  4, 
  1880. 
  (White 
  phase). 
  Found 
  in 
  Fulton 
  Market, 
  Mearns, 
  

  

  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui., 
  5: 
  189 
  

   Bangor, 
  Franklin 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  About 
  1880. 
  Merriam, 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui., 
  7: 
  257 
  

   South 
  Oyster 
  Bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Mar. 
  11, 
  1884. 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  2: 
  37 
  

  

  Springs, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Gardiners 
  Bay. 
  Mar. 
  19, 
  1887. 
  (25 
  seen). 
  (Parsons). 
  Butcher, 
  Notes 
  

   New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Jan. 
  19, 
  1889. 
  wv, 
  oc. 
  L. 
  S. 
  Foster 
  

   Sag 
  Harbor, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Bee. 
  11, 
  1890, 
  9 
  ; 
  Feb. 
  8, 
  1890. 
  Butcher 
  Collection 
  

   Far 
  Rockaway, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  11, 
  1891. 
  9. 
  Immature. 
  Howell, 
  O. 
  andO., 
  16: 
  61. 
  Lin. 
  

  

  Soc. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Proc. 
  1891. 
  p. 
  5; 
  Braislin, 
  p. 
  36 
  

   Far 
  Rockawav, 
  L. 
  I. 
  " 
  Jan. 
  i, 
  1891." 
  (Howell). 
  Butcher, 
  Notes 
  

   Miller's 
  Place, 
  L. 
  I. 
  wv, 
  1893. 
  (Helme). 
  Butcher, 
  Notes 
  

   Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Jan. 
  29, 
  1895; 
  Feb. 
  13, 
  1898. 
  Savage, 
  Auk, 
  12: 
  312 
  

   I/?ke 
  Ontario, 
  Monroe 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Feb. 
  22, 
  1899. 
  Truman 
  R. 
  Taylor 
  

   Rockawa}', 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  2, 
  1901; 
  Jan. 
  13, 
  1901; 
  Mar. 
  13, 
  1904; 
  May 
  i, 
  1904. 
  (Peavey) 
  

  

  Braislin. 
  Lin. 
  Soc. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Proc. 
  1907. 
  p. 
  36 
  

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  a 
  r 
  u 
  s 
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  New 
  York 
  and 
  vicinity. 
  Lawrence 
  list 
  

  

  Larus 
  leucopterus 
  Faber 
  

   Iceland 
  Gull 
  

  

  Larus 
  leucopterus 
  Faber. 
  Prodr. 
  Isl. 
  Orn. 
  1822. 
  p. 
  91 
  

  

  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  43 
  

  

  leucop'terus, 
  Gr. 
  XeuKos, 
  white, 
  and 
  irrepov, 
  wing 
  

  

  Description. 
  Colors 
  and 
  sequence 
  of 
  plumages 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Glaucous 
  gull, 
  

   but 
  in 
  immature 
  birds 
  the 
  shafts 
  of 
  the 
  primaries 
  are 
  more 
  often 
  white 
  or 
  

   brownish 
  instead 
  of 
  yellowish 
  as 
  in 
  hyperboreus. 
  Also 
  the 
  mot- 
  

   tling 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  winter 
  plumage, 
  according 
  to 
  Dr 
  D 
  wight, 
  is 
  sometimes 
  

   more 
  blackish 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  species. 
  

  

  Length 
  24-26 
  inches; 
  wing 
  14. 
  7 
  5- 
  16. 
  5; 
  tail 
  6-6.7; 
  bill 
  1.6-1.9; 
  depth 
  of 
  

   bill 
  .62-7; 
  tarsus 
  2.1-2.5; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.1-2.35. 
  

  

  The 
  Iceland 
  or 
  White-winged 
  gull, 
  like 
  its 
  larger 
  counterpart 
  the 
  

   Glaucous 
  gull, 
  is 
  an 
  holarctic 
  species, 
  and 
  straggles 
  southward 
  in 
  winter 
  to 
  

  

  