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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.