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, | Cj E ÌJ A | | D | | V L fé*
Lato* Islaudimia, FJmonxion.
l riinis glancoides, lemm.
¡1 V k ii-tle incelartele.
oi ib i«; .fewite&ifiil sjmxwi» o f finii 01» ourcoastis more frequent
bufi Ili iiiiijuniifs t(> i^weiPVjiilirtH >$. «onseqaence of ìts dose resemhlaiia
is «ìw.» ili tip poi»»# binlsy and it is séldom that anv !
spechi# are captar#»! iw--ioì ¡.’ •iti' i<iyw$8i|Ml>e‘WHftioB»-ofEurope.
flit.1- nortbtìiTQ l^ilàwN: Habitat of thb Gull, wbence it is
trem*. '«pverity ofl.il«? ■■ ih* ImmI ■. «« fcv u«nal|y thccase in migrai ory hin
•iUsjSiiaée frona hfityMfc &*i»sM{im»bfc it wowW' appetir, Ikìs existed rèspeci
MKHJikts. bot tlw Sii; '•«•.• «• i id l f iS jsfeSll m t v Me. Selbv, ittàiw e bave tal
noticed, .«kI to vrbuih be liao ojijilieii 6!m> ‘’»*(1 afctobdlP w d to tto d , iu*d «•
tm " '¿t'uaa. In point o f jlrwritv, llmrcfore, j p . ireaw jjiigk to !.: ...!.,|.[.v
fereace to that o f Lartfs «rcticvs given to it by Mr. Macgillivray, or licit o f L
described by Richardson and Swainson in tlie Fauna Boreali-Ai/iericana, and
his Synopsis. Captain Sabino in his memoir 011 t be Birds of Greenland, in tin
Transact«)«#, biw . . • : ? ! tlte same bird under the title of Larm vrge/i/vti
1M «wmWHpfc who at jUio. tiisoii cci'sidcmi it as a variety of the 1
f!{j;.v;nnj. m k »‘be iftics. b^WM'ev, of tbji true L. argcntatus bav
t«yi#B»e iiitetwijuieif 10 those region#, together with the perfect an
rt'i’iSffii (A the .;v •i”; itic *.}i. proportions, observable hi the
bto'K made the iv.n.iH-'M.-’-ii." beftvyc jieldiug even to the anfbor
sewbHiivie to the Gfeiimw# GhhJL j|p|j .¡^n •»(«% f«> dHtH!g«i«bed' |>y its strilm
greater length of its nii’ys. i ' i.. i :;i •• . .. a*d,< of' an inch bevoi
• itorthcra parts or 3
• where I have, obtained three or four tfe1? pliatoauKr.
Mr. Edmonston to tic s,i,we lively thaw u!wb«- Mf a'iili t :•••, '«mu ¡iiitsl.. d-upl«*-» 1
is a common species in the .arctic regions, unii h £$ ¡Mipaikf and Rscba
Bay.. Davis's Straits,, and Melville Island. It m fkfi the 'Im
•pwisiMe Etttoiy-of «hose that winter with as, and in retini to fere*
> W G i » r
In swnsmer tl«: b^«.* the htiajii, neck, tail, aixd nitder surface pure whi
coverts pale g re y j the | | | | | | s | | tipi o f .b e i i | j | pure n-hito ; bill pale reddi
and black at the tiar feet p&V iirid«» pale yellowish grey.
In winter tliu head and' ;vt .
The young have the «n$;<‘ pitawi.ig« 'pikr. -tdlo’triRh grev barred, and .uiottkd wi
greyish white tinged i; $1$ dmljl b.o»wu with white.
| # 0; Kave ( n n d an «liH M * » * * » W i ilfca tliSi Iraimiii ate.