74 Gums. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The coast—inhabiting individuals of this species resemble the Her— 
     
     ring (lull in habits. and are not tasily identifiable from that species 
     
     unless the two be, seen together. when the smaller size of the Ring-bill 
     
     is noticeable. 
     
    

    
     In the interior. where the species is locally cmnmon, it feeds on 
     
     insects, which it catches both on the ground and in the air. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Micw (irri. (7/1. Lama- calms)#a European species-—has been found 
     
     once in Labrador. 
     
    
   
   
    
     5S. Larus atricilla, Linn. Larouixo Gum; Bi,.\ct{—ui:.-\o£n Grim. 
     
     (See Fig. 6.1;.) .i«/. [a Willi/Initilitlt‘li and wings dark pearl—gray: primaries 
     
     black. the inner ones with small white tips i Fig. (.0. ('t; whole head and throat 
     
     deep slate-color: rest of the plunmge. including.r the nape7 pure white. the 
     
     breast sometimes sutl'used by a delicate peach-blossom tint; bill dark red— 
     
     dish. brighter at the tip. .141. [a IrintvIzAl’icst-mbles the above. but, has the 
     
     li ‘nd and throat white, the crown and sides of the head and sometimes the 
     
     nape spotted or streaked with grayish. lm.#l'pper parts light ushy t'useous. 
     
     the feathers marginetl with whitish: primaries black: forehead and under 
     
     parts white, sometimes washed in places with dusl gtail dark pearl—gray, 
     
     broadly tipped with black. l... 167m; \\'., 12-511; T.. tut); 13., 1'65. 
     
    

    
     [fallen—Breeds from Texas and Florida to Maine; rare in the interior; 
     
     winters from South Carolina to northern South America. 
     
    

    
     \\'ashin_r:ton, irregular in tall. Long Island. rare 5. R. irregular T. \'., 
     
     Apl. to Sept. 
     
    

    
     dist, of grasses. seaweed. ete.. on the ground in grassv marshes. [fit/gs, 
     
     three to tive, varyingr t'rom grayish olive-brown to greenish gray, spotted, 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     blotched, and scrawled with chocolate. 2‘17: x 1‘55. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “From the hoarse clatter of the ’l‘crns one could distinguish its 
     
     long—d'awn, clear note on a high key. sounding not unlike the more 
     
     excited call-note of the Domestic (loose: and every now and then it 
     
     would give its prolonged. weird laughter, which has given rise to its 
     
     common name. To one who has heard it, it, might be imitated by the 
     
     syllables llalt-Iiu-lm—lm-Iia. luz/i-lm/i—lmlz. all of which are uttered on a 
     
     high. clear tone. the, last three or four syllables, and especially the last 
     
     one, being drawn out with peculiar and prolonged effect, the whole. 
     
     Soundingr like the odd and excited laughter of an Indian squaw, and 
     
     giving marked propriety to the name of the bird " (Langille). 
     
    
   
   
    
     59. Larus franklini 3'1“. um] [Jr/1.. FRANKLIN-1" “I'LL. AI]. in .wm— 
     
     nur.~r\\'bole head and throat, sooty black. nape. ides ot' the neck. and under 
     
     parts. except throat. white, generally sutl‘used (in fresh speeimens) with an 
     
     ethuisite peacleblossom tint; tail white: back and wings pearlrgray; tirst 
     
     primary white. the outer web black. except at the tip. the shalt part 01' the 
     
     inner web gra ~ish on the basal hult' el’ig. 60,11); second primary white, with 
     
     a black mark on the inner web and a black stripe on the outer web near the 
     
     tip, the rest of the outer Web and shaft part 01' the inner web pearl—gray; third