191 



SILVERY GULL. 



(Larus argentatus.) 



La. albusy dorso alisque canis, remigibus primoribus versus apicem 

 nigris, rachidibus nigricantibuSf 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. Arct. 



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



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



Betv. 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. I. 



600. Brun, Orn. Boreal. 149. 

 Larus marinus |3. Lath, Lid. Orn. 2. 814. 

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



Le grande Mouette cendree. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 428. Buf. 

 PI. Enl. ^77. 



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. \ .p.\76? Lath, Gen. Hist. 

 X. 147 -J^ 



About two feet in length ; the female rather 

 less : during the winter they have the beak of a yellow^ 



