﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  25 
  

  

  and 
  shadings 
  of 
  slaty 
  or 
  broivnish. 
  Immature 
  birds 
  are 
  darker 
  colored 
  

   than 
  the 
  Iceland 
  gull, 
  the 
  flight 
  feathers 
  being 
  brownish 
  gray, 
  darker 
  on 
  

   the 
  outer 
  webs; 
  tail 
  almost 
  solidly 
  drab 
  gra}', 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  outer 
  feathers 
  

   sprinkled 
  with 
  dingy 
  white; 
  the 
  barring 
  and 
  mottling 
  is 
  coarser 
  and 
  darker 
  

   than 
  in 
  leucopterus 
  \_see 
  Dwight, 
  Auk, 
  23 
  :36-4i]. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  first 
  described 
  by 
  Mr 
  Brewster 
  in 
  1883, 
  is 
  little 
  known 
  

   as 
  yet, 
  but 
  is 
  apparently 
  a 
  rare 
  winter 
  visitant 
  on 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State. 
  

   The 
  first 
  specimen 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Green 
  Island, 
  on 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   river, 
  January 
  27, 
  1884, 
  by 
  Edward 
  Root, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  

   Park 
  Collection. 
  Mr 
  Park's 
  notes 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  fresh 
  specimen 
  may 
  be 
  

   of 
  interest: 
  "Length 
  23 
  inches; 
  extent 
  51.75 
  ; 
  wing 
  15.75 
  ; 
  tail 
  7 
  ; 
  tarsus 
  2.2 
  ; 
  

   middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.25 
  ;bill 
  1.6 
  ; 
  bill 
  of 
  a 
  general 
  light 
  watery 
  yellow, 
  palest 
  

   and 
  with 
  a 
  greenish 
  shade 
  at 
  base, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  vermilion 
  spot 
  on 
  lower 
  

   mandible 
  about 
  at 
  angle 
  in 
  a 
  cloud 
  of 
  dusky. 
  Upper 
  mandible 
  on 
  top 
  

   chrome 
  yellow 
  at 
  angle 
  with 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  red 
  along 
  ridge 
  toward 
  the 
  point; 
  

   iris 
  mottled 
  grayish 
  brown; 
  tarsus 
  and 
  toes 
  flesh 
  color, 
  claws 
  nearly 
  black. 
  

   AVeight 
  2 
  1 
  ounces. 
  Poor 
  in 
  flesh, 
  stomach 
  contained 
  a 
  few 
  grains 
  of 
  gravel. 
  

   Ovaries 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  through 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  breeding 
  season." 
  This 
  

   bird 
  was 
  identified 
  by 
  Mr 
  Brewster. 
  Its 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  are 
  streaked 
  and 
  

   suffused 
  with 
  grayish 
  and 
  the 
  breast 
  is 
  slightly 
  soiled 
  with 
  grayish. 
  Thus 
  

   it 
  is 
  evidently 
  a 
  nearly 
  mature 
  specimen, 
  being 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  or 
  third 
  

   winter. 
  A 
  second 
  record 
  for 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Braislin, 
  Auk, 
  

   16: 
  190; 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  immature 
  male 
  which 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  John 
  Tiernan, 
  5 
  

   miles 
  off 
  Rockaway 
  Beach, 
  L. 
  I., 
  on 
  March 
  8, 
  1898. 
  An 
  immature 
  female 
  

   from. 
  Stamford, 
  Conn., 
  February 
  16, 
  1894, 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  Porter 
  [Auk, 
  12 
  ; 
  76; 
  

   also 
  Dwight, 
  Auk, 
  23: 
  37]. 
  

  

  Larus 
  marinus 
  Linnaeus 
  

   Great 
  Black-hacked 
  Gull 
  

  

  Plate 
  5 
  

  

  Larus 
  marinus 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  10. 
  1758. 
  1:136 
  

  

  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  308, 
  fig. 
  283 
  

   A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  47 
  

  

  mari'nus, 
  Lat., 
  marine 
  

  

  Description. 
  Large 
  : 
  Mantle 
  slaty 
  black 
  with 
  purplish 
  reflections 
  ; 
  

   primaries 
  slaty, 
  or 
  blackish 
  tipped 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  secondaries 
  broadly 
  tipped 
  

  

  