LARINJE. LARUS. 
merely to form a bar ; the first quill with a patch of white about an 
inch and a half long on both webs near the end, the second with a cir- 
cular patch on the inner web ; the tips of all white. The terminal 
markings of the outer quills vary. Young with the bill brownish- 
black, paler at the base of the lower mandible, feet purplish flesh- 
colour ; general colour of plumage light purplish-grey, the upper part 
of the head darker, the lower parts mottled with pale yellowish-grey ; 
feathers of upper parts and upper tail-coverts irregularly edged and 
barred with greyish- white ; primary quills greyish-black, terminally 
margined with whitish ; tail of the same colour, its base and the outer 
webs of the lateral feathers irregularly mottled with whitish, the tips 
brownish- white . 
Male, 23, 53. Young, in winter, 18|, 51. 
Abundant in autumn, winter, and early spring, from Texas along 
the whole Atlantic coast to Newfoundland. Breeds from the Bay of 
Fundy to Melville Island. Common in autumn on the Great Lakes, 
the Ohio, and Mississippi. 
Larus argentatus, Bonap. Syn. p. 360. 
Herring Gull, Larus argentatus, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 304. 
Herring Gull, Larus argentatus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 588 ; v. v. p. 638. 
452. 12. Larus glaucus, Brunn. Glaucous Gull. — Burgo- 
master. 
Plate CCCXCVl. Adult and Young. 
Bill stout, compressed, gamboge yellow, with a carmine patch to- 
ward the end of the lower mandible ; iris yellow ; feet flesh-coloured ; 
second quill slightly longer than the first ; tail slightly rounded ; head, 
neck, lower parts, rump, and tail pure white ; back and wings light 
greyish-blue ; the edges of the wing and a large portion of all the 
quills toward the end, white. Young when fledged with the bill yel- 
low, in its terminal third black j feet flesh-coloured ; plumage very 
pale yellowish-brown, the feathers of the upper parts with a large 
dusky spot toward the end, the quills and tail-feathers barred with the 
same. 
Adult, 30 ; wing, 19J. 
Met with in Labrador in summer. Baffin’s Bay and Arctic Seas 
generally. Not observed within the limits of the United States. 
Larus glaucus, Bonap. Syn. p. 361. 
Larus glaucus. Burgomaster Gull, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 416. 
Glaucous Gull or Burgomaster, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 306. 
Glaucous Gull or Burgomaster, Larus glaucus, Aud. Om. Biog. v. v. p. 59. 
453. 13. Larus marinus, Linn. Great Black-backed Gull. 
Plate CCXLI. Male. 
Bill robust, compressed, gamboge yellow, with a patch of carmine 
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