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gull and can also be spotted at considerable distances, 
tho not as far as the Black/- tipping oi the adult wuiig. 
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15 duly 1946 Baffin Bay , 4j iai. off Upernivik. A gre at. 
many birds were seen perched on icebergs. All that were c 
close enough for' identification'were gulls or terns. At 
a distance they appeared black, closer, black-backed ana _ 
white-headed, and only very close did their true colors H 
sirow up. ' Of -ciDurse tliey ^oiili ^be“identiiled asufar^ as" 
they could be seen, almost,_.if they_ rose_J.nto_. the__air for— 
a moment or two. > ° L ^ -&u3/- 
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18 July 1§46- Uafi'ln Bay. 1QQ mil 1M Upernivik. At a 
distance on an iceberg the kittiwake appears to be 
distinctly black—backed, with the wing—tips justr a shade 
blacker. Vln the.same-position and_at the same distance, b 
but with the wings extended, they are distinctly gray 
rather than black;.kith the wings f°ldefc^i»6r those 
conditions, the kittiwake looks almost LoSl^a viHiature 
black-hack. 
