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secondaries being upwards of an inch long; all the shafts whitish. Bill and 

 legs vermilion, the former obscurely barred near the tip. 



"Form. — Bill rather stout, curved from the nostrils, with the gonys 

 forming an evident salient angle; its depth equal to twice its breadth. 

 Wings an inch and a half longer than the perfectly even tail. Thighs an 

 inch bare. 



"A female and another male, killed at the same place six weeks later in 

 the season, correspond minutely with the above. 



"Dimensions of a male. Length to end of tail 17 inches; tail 4^; wing 

 11; bill along the ridge l-/^; rictus ljf; tarsus 1 T \; middle toe 1 T 3 2, its nail 

 ■f|; inner toe 1; hind toe T 3 2, its nail T \. }> 



Lards Franklinii, Frankliii's Rosy Gull, Swains, and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 

 424. 

 Franklin's Rosy Gull, Larus Franklinii, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 323. 



Male, 17, wing, 11. 



Interior of Fur Countries, breeding on the edges of large lakes. 



THE KITTIWAKE GULL. 



+Larus tridactylus, Linn. 

 PLATE CCCCXLIV. — Adult in Summer, and Young in Winter. 



This beautiful Gull ranges, during the autumnal and winter months, along 

 the whole of our extensive coasts. I have procured it from the mouth of 

 the Mississippi to the coast of Maine, and have traced it from the latter dis- 

 trict to Labrador. Yet I never saw it on any of our great lakes or rivers, 

 nor in any part of the interior. From New York to Eastport it is extreme- 

 ly abundant, and many breed on the Island of Grand Manan, off the entrance 

 of the Bay of Fundy. 



As we approached the famous Gannet Rock of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 

 the wind suddenly rose to a gale; but as I was exceedingly anxious that a 

 landing should be effected on the island, every exertion was made to enable 

 me to accomplish my purpose. The whale boat was manned. Thomas 



