kumlien’s gull. 
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KUMLIEN’S GULL. 
Larus kumlieni. 
Char. Mantle and wings pearl gray ; wings tipped with white, the 
outer primaries having a sub-terminal space of ashy gray ; bill yellow, 
with a spot of red at the angle ; legs and feet bright pink. Length about 
24 inches. 
Immature birds are more or less mottled with dusky or brownish gray, 
very young specimens being very dark 
Nest. On a cliff. 
Et;gs. Not known. 
This specie.s was described in 1883 by Mr. William Brewster 
from specimens that had been taken in winter in the Bay of Fundy. 
Kuralien found the bird breeding in numbers on the shores of 
Cumberland Gulf; but it is not known to breed in Greenland, nor 
have nests been discovered elsewhere. Of the bird’s di.stribution 
and of its distinctive habits nothing further is known. 
In coloration this species is a connecting link between leucopterus 
and argentatus. 
Note. — The Siberian Gull {Larus affinis) occasionally visits 
Greenland. 
