ICELAND GULL. 



LARUS LEUCOPTEKUS, Faber. 



Larus leucopterus, Faber, Prodr. Isl. Orn. p. 91 (1822) ; 

 Naurn. x. p. 367 ; Macg. v. p. 566 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 498 ; 

 Yarr. ed. 4, in. p. 642 ; Dresser, viii. p. 439. 



Goeland leucoptkre, French ; Polar-Move, German. 



This Gull is an irregular winter visitor to the coasts 

 of the British Islands ; but, so far as I am able to 

 ascertain from the standard authorities, has not hitherto 

 been found breeding in any part of Europe. It winters 

 in Iceland ; but, according to Mr. H. Saunders, it 

 appears to be confined during the breeding-season to 

 Greenland and the Arctic regions of America. As I 

 have never met with this species alive, I will merely add 

 that it closely resembles the Glaucous Gull in its dif- 

 ferent stages of plumage, but is considerably smaller 

 and less robust in " make," with proportionately longer 

 wings than that bird. 



