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LARINiE. LARUS. 
Bill slender^ black ; feet orange, tinged with vermilion ; head and 
upper part of neck all round greyish-black, that colour extending half 
an inch lower on the throat than on the occiput ; a white band divided 
by a narrow black line margining the eye behind ; lower part of neck 
all round, anterior edge of wing, alular, smaller coverts on the carpal 
margin, four outer primary coverts, shaft and inner web of outer pri- 
mary, both webs of second, inner webs of third and fourth, rump, tail, 
and all the lower parts, white ; back, scapulars, and wings light grey- 
ish-blue ; outer web of first quill, excepting a small portion toward 
the end, its tips to the length of half an inch, black, as are the ends of 
the next six, which however have a small tip of white, the black on 
some of them being an inch long, and running along the inner edge to 
a considerable extent. Female somewhat smaller, similar to the male, 
but with the head and upper part of the neck umber-brown. Young 
in second plumage with the bill greyish-black, the feet flesh-coloured ; 
head and neck greyish- white ; a small patch of black behind the eye ; 
upper parts dull bluish-grey, many of the wing-coverts greyish-brown, 
edged with paler ; quills as in the adult ; rump and tail white, the lat- 
ter with a broad band of black at the end, the tips narrowly edged with 
whitish. 
Adult, 14i, 324. 
Extremely abundant in winter, on the coast of Florida. Equally 
plentiful in spring, along the coasts of the Middle and Eastern Districts, 
especially in the Chesapeake. 'Breeds from the Bay of Fundy to high 
latitudes. Not uncommon in autumn, on the Great Lakes, and the 
Ohio and Mississippi. 
Brown-masked Gull, Larus capistratus, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. iv. Female. 
Larus capistratus, Bonap. Syn. p. 358. 
Larus Bonapartii, Bonapartian Gull, Swains. ScRich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 425. 
Bonapartian Gull, Nott. Man. v. ii. p. 294. 
Bonapartian Gull, Larus Bonapartii, Aud. Ora. Biog. v. iv. p. 212. 
444. 4. Larus Atricilla, Linn. Black-headed Gull. — Laugh- 
ing Gull. 
Plate CCCXIV. Male and Young. 
Bill moderately stout, and with the feet, margin of eyelids, and in- 
side of mouth deep carmine ; wings extending three inches beyond 
the tail, which is even ; head and upper neck all round blackish lead- 
grey, darker on the upper part of the head and along the posterior 
margin, which descends lower in front, or to the extent of about two 
inches and a half from the base of the lower mandible ; two narrow 
white bands bordering the upper and lower eyelids ; lower neck all 
round, the whole lower surface, rump and tail white, but the fore part of 
the neck and the breast down to the legs, of a beautiful light rosy tint ; 
back and wings greyish-blue, with a slight tinge of purple, excepting 
