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.—Burgomaster.
Plate CCCXCVI. Adult and Young.
Bill stout, compressed, gamboge yellow, with a carmine patch toward 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 yellow, in its terminal third black; 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, 191/2.
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. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 59.
453. 13. Larus marinus, Linn. Great Black-backed Gull.
Plate CCXLI. Male.