LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS 
62. Sabine’s Gull. Xema sabinii. cm 
Ranges — Arctic regions, breeding from Alaska 
and Greenland and northward, and wintering Rose Gull 
,, , -M -min Sabine Gull 
south to New England. 
A handsome bird, having the slaty hood 
bordered behind with a black ring, the primar- 
ies black, white tipped, and the tail slightly 
forked. They breed abundantly on the marshes 
of northern Alaska and Greenland, nesting the 
same as others of the species. The two or 
there eggs are laid in June. They are greenish 
brown in color and are marked with dark 
brown. Size 1.75 x 1.25. Data. — Hudson Bay, 
August 1, 1894. Eggs laid on the ground in 
Greenish brown the moss; no nest except the hollow in the 
moss. 
[60.1] Little Gull. Lams minutus. 
This Gull is the smallest of the family; it is 
a European bird, and has accidentally strayed to 
our shores but a few times. Its plumage is sim- 
ilar to that of the Bonaparte Gull but the bill is 
red. It breeds in the marshes around the Baltic 
Sea, placing its nest of dead vegetation on the 
highest parts of the marsh. They lay three eggs 
of a greenish gray color marked with dark brown 
and lilac. Size 1.75 x 1.25. 
6l. Ross Gull. Rhodostethia rosea. 
Range. — The Arctic regions, south in winter 
to Alaska, Greenland, northern Europe and Asia. 
This beautiful bird is the most rare of all the 
Gulls, being very difficult to obtain because of 
its extreme northerly distribution. It is in form 
and plumage like Bonaparte Gull, with the excep- 
tions that the head is white, there being a nar- 
row black collar around the neck, the tail is 
wedge shaped, and the whole under parts from 
the chin to the tail are rosy in the breeding plum- 
age. The nests and eggs remain still undiscover- 
ed, although Nansen, in August 1896, found a 
supposed breeding ground in Franz Josef Land, 
because of the numbers of the birds, but found 
no nests. 
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