326 
LARINtE. larus. 
of all the secondaries being upwards of an inch long ; all the shafts 
whitish.” 
Male, Vl, wing, 11. 
Interior of Fur Countries, breeding on the edges of large lakes. 
Larus Franklinii, Franklin’s Rosy Gull, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. 
p. 424. 
Franklin’s Rosy Gull, Larus Franklinii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 323. 
446. 6. Lams tridactylus, Linn. Kittiwake Gull. 
Plate CCXXIV. Adult and Young. 
Bill moderately stout, greenish-yellow ; feet black, with the hind 
toe rudimentary, and furnished with a minute knob in place of the 
claw ; head, neck, rump, tail, and lower parts - pure white ; back and 
upper surface of wings light greyish-blue ; the first five quills black at 
the end, the first on its outer web also ; the fifth with a small white 
tip the tips of all the other quills more or less white. Young in its 
second plumage with the bill and feet black ; hind head and neck 
bluish-grey ; a semilunar blackish mark before the eye ; tips of auri- 
culars dark grey ; forehead, sides of head, throat, and lower parts, 
white, as are the rump and tail, the latter with a broad terminal band 
of black ; mantle bluish-grey, with a broad band of black crossing the 
lower part of the hind neck ; larger wing-coverts of the same colour 
toward the end ; primar}^ quills black, more or less margined with 
white internally. 
Adult, 18, 86|. 
Common as far south as New York. Abundant from Massachu- 
setts eastward. Breeds from the Bay of Fundy northward. 
Larus tridactylus. Bo nap. Syn. p. 359. 
Larus tridactylus, Kittiwake, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 423. 
Kittiwake, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 298. 
Kittiwake Gull, Larus tridactylus, Ain>. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 186. 
447. 7. Larus eburneus, Gmel. Ivory Gull. 
Plate CCLXXXVII. 
Bill moderat||y stout, yellow, feet black ; wings an inch and a half 
longer than the tail ; plumage pure white. After the second moult, 
the bill dusky for two-thirds, yellow at the end, feet black ; plumage 
white, the forehead and sides of the head mottled with leaden-grey, 
most of the wing-coverts with a greyish-black spot towards the end ; 
the quills, large coverts, and tail-feathers similarly marked, the mark- 
ings on the tail forming a subterminal bar. 
Adult, 19, 41. 
Accidental on the coast of the United States. Common in winter 
in Labrador and Newfoundland. Breeds in high latitudes. 
Larus eburneus, Bonap. Syn. p. 360. 
Larus eburneus, Ivory Gull, Swains. & Rick. F. Boi'. Amei'. 
