191 



SILVERY GULL. 



(Larus argentatus.) 



La. albus, dorso alisque cants, remigibus primoribus versus apicem 



nigris, rachidibus nigricantibus, pedibus lividis. 

 White Gull with the back and wings hoary, the primary quills 



black towards the tip, with dusky shafts, the legs livid. 

 Larus argentatus. Sabine. Linn. Trans, xii. 546. Temm. man- 



d'Orn. 2 Edit. 2. 764. 

 Larus glaucus. Temm. man. d'Orn. 493. 

 Larus griseus. Briss. Orn. 6. 162. 

 Le Goeland a manteau gris. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 640, 



pi. 32. (hind toe omitted.) 

 Herring Gull. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 246. pi. 88. Penn. ArcL 



Zool. 2. 452. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 372. Lew. Brit. Birds, 6. 



pi. 7. Wale. Syn. I. pi. 113. Mont. Orn. Diet. \.and Supp. 



Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 214. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 150. 

 Summer Plumage. — Larus fuscus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 599. 



Brun. Orn. Boreal. 142. 

 Herring Gull. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 527. 

 Winter Plumage. — Larus argentatus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



600. Brun. Orn. Boreal. 149. 

 Larus marinus j3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 814. 

 Gavia cinerea major. Briss. Orn. 6. 182. 

 Le grande Mouette cendree. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 428. Buffi 



PI. Enl. 977. 

 Silvery Gull. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 533. C. Lath. Gen. Syn. 



6. 375. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 151. 

 Immature. — Larus varius. Brun. Orn. Bor. no. 150. 

 Wagel. Penn. Arct. Zool. Sup. 70. 

 Iceland Gull. Wern. Trans, iv.pt. 1 . p. 176 ? Lath. Gen. Hist. 



x. 147 ? 



About two feet in length ; the female rather 

 less ; during the winter they have the beak of a yellow- 



