The Bird Book: Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs.Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)
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The Bird Book: Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs.
Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)
Birds -- North America
They nest on the ground on the islands and shores of Hudson Bay,
Greenland, etc. The nest is made of seaweed, grass and moss and is
generally quite bulky. The two or three eggs are laid in June. They are
of various shades of color from a light drab to a brownish, and are
spotted with brownish and black. Size about 3.00 × 2.20.
[Illustration 042: Brownish buff.]
[Illustration: Red-legged Kittiwake. Glaucous Gull.]
[Illustration: left hand margin.]
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42.1. POINT BARROW GULL. _Larus barrovianus._
Range.--Northwest coast from Bering Sea to Point Barrow.
This species is almost identical with the Glaucus Gull, averaging
perhaps a trifle smaller. Its standing as a distinct species is still
questioned and has not yet been decided satisfactorily. Early in June
their nests are built on remote islands in Bering Sea. These nests are
the same as the last species, large piles of vegetation, hollowed on top
for the reception of the eggs. The eggs have the same variations in
color and markings as the Glaucus Gull. Size 3.00 × 2.10.
Data.--Herschel Is., Alaska, July 1, 1900. Nest made of seaweed and
grass; placed on the ground. Three eggs. Collector, Rev. I. O. Stringer.
43. ICELAND GULL. _Larus leucopterus._
Range.--Arctic regions, south in winter to the Middle States.
This Gull in appearance is precisely like the two preceding ones but is
considerably smaller; 24 inches in length. A very common bird in the
north, breeding in colonies of thousands on many of the islands. It is
regarded as one of the most common of the larger Gulls in Bering Sea and
also nests commonly in Hudson Bay and Greenland, as well as in the
Eastern Hemisphere. They nest indifferently on high rocky cliffs or on
low sandy islands. Except when the eggs are laid in a sandy depression
in the soil, quite bulky nests are made of seaweed and moss. The eggs
are laid about the first of June; they number two to three and have a
ground color of brownish or greenish brown and are blotched with umber.
Size 2.80 × 1.83. Data.--Mackenzie Bay, Arctic America. June 18, 1899.
Nest made of seaweed and grass on an island in the bay.
[Illustration: White.]
[Illustration: Greenish brown.]
[Illustration: right hand margin.]
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44. GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. _Larus glaucescens_.
Range.--North Pacific coast, breeding from British Columbia northwards
and wintering from the same country to southern California.
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