LONG-WI NGEI) SWI M M K RS 



i'~.l. Point Bakrow CIiill. Lotus barroviamm. 



Range. — Northwest coast from Bering Sea to Point Barrow. 



Tliis species is almost 



identical witli the Glau- 

 cus Gull, averaging per- 

 haps a trifle smaller. 

 Its standing as a dis- 

 tinct species is still 

 questioned and has not 

 yet been decided satis- 

 factorily. Early in June 

 their nests are built on 

 remote islands in Ber- 

 ing Sea. These nests 

 are the same as the last 

 species, large piles of 

 vegetation, hollowed on 

 top for the reception of 

 the eggs. The eggs 

 have the same varia- 

 tions in color and mark- 

 ings as the Glaucus 

 Gull. Size 3 x 2.10. 

 Data. — Herschel Is., 



1, 1900. Nest made of seaweed and grass; placed on the ground. 



Collector, Rev. I. O. Stringer. 



White 



Alaska, July 

 Three eggs. 



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Iceland Gull. Larus leucuplerus. 



Range.^Arctic regions, south in winter to the Middle States. 

 This Gull in appearance is precisely like the two preceding ones but is con- 

 siderably smaller; 24 inches in length. A very common bird in the north, 

 breeding in colonies of thousands on many of the islands. It is regarded as 



one of the most common 

 ''w. oj the larger Gulls in Ber- 



ing Sea and also nests 

 commonly in Hudson Bay 

 and Greenland, as well as 

 in the Eastern Hemis- 

 phere. They nest indiffer- 

 ently on high rocky cliffs or 

 on low sandy Islands. Ex- 

 :-ept when the eggs are laid 

 In a sandy depression in 

 the soil, quite bulky nests 

 a-re made of seaweed and 

 inoss. The eggs arc laid 

 about the first of June; 

 they number two to three 

 and have a ground color 

 of brownish or greenish brown and are blotched with umber. Size 2. SO x 1.8.3. 

 Data. — Mackenzie Bay, Arctic America. June IS, 1S99. Nest made of seaweed 

 and grass on an island in the bay. 



Greeni.sh brown 



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