Heerman Gull, 17. A is a ae 
S. Body slate gray; head dad upper hind neck white; red bill 
and eyelids; W. head dark gray. 
- Notice—Black tail tipped. ve Agee feet and Jess eduiah 
black, dark bodies. 
Found—Pacific Coast from Vancouver to. -Gautemala, 
Nest—In ground. : | 
EKggs—s8 imperfectly hao 
Low pitched, mellow, eenee sweet: cries. : 
-Short-billed Gull, 16%2-18.. 3 
S. Body white with a. -eTay ee wing quills chiefly 
black; feet and legs greenish; yellow webs; W. duller. 
7 ane bill; white ic on — ee of wings near 
tip. i es 
Pound a oo beeedine north. ae 
Nest—Grass or moss on ground near “ponds or. lakes. 
Eggs—2-3 like other gulls. : : — 
“Gabbling duck-like notes” 
Western Gull, 24-27. ee : see 
White head and body with dark slaty-gray ‘uianies wing quills 
“mainly black, white-tipped; W. head may be streaked. 
~ Notice—Feet and legs yellow with yellow. bill, angular. 
- Found—Pacific Coast. of N. ae —— from oy C. south. 
Nest—Dried grasses on ledges. 
«aes -3 like ean gulls. 
, “Excited screams.” 
Greet Blue Heron, 42- 50. 
Mainly bluish-gray or lat: white on | sides of head, throat, 
and crown. 
‘Notice—Great size, slow’ ee flight, motionless: pose in 
fishing, long slender neck and legs. | ae 
Found—N. A. except northwest. coast. 
Nest—Usually in trees, sticks. 
Eggs—s-5 greenish blue. 
Harsh croaking squawk. 
Northwest Coast Heron. | ated 
Similar to. capes Pe Heron, | but darker cee with shorter 
legs. | 
Pound Nereiest humid region “north of “olympia 
Parasitic Jaegar, 1514-21. 
Face and most of upper parts dusky rest of head and below 
yellowish white. 
- Notice—Long central sharp- saint tail danthevie: 
Found—Migrant on Puget sound and Page Coast, | 
Nest—Mossy depression. ? a: 
