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to sixth primarit~s tippml with white, thou hanth-d with gradually diminishing liars ol' ltltlt‘lC. whit-h are Sllt‘t'l‘L‘tlt'tl l>'\' a whitish spat't'. while the rust ol' the ti-atht'r is pt-arligra‘v‘, hill dark cot'ttl-I‘t'd. .111. in Mint. Aw" Similar. hut h -ad

and ut-ck \\'hitt-.tl1t- owiput. with orliital and aurit-ular rt-gions 'a} sh dusky '

a hill and [but dusky. thv t'ormt'r tippml with orangv reddish." )I/l/Il1:/.If[.]'.\'t

[ll/IIIIII[/(.m*" Top and sidt-s of tho lu'ad (\‘Xt‘t'lit llil't‘llt'lltl and lorcsi, hack and st-upulars grayish lit-own, thc longt-r svapulztrs lHIl'tlk‘l'L‘tl tt'rminall)‘ with pult:

grinish hull: w'ing—«m‘ut‘ts lvluish gray tingt-d with :11 .\'ish lirow'n; "condu-

rics dusky. edged with palt: grayish lilttc and hroadly tippt-d with white: pri— InuriL-s dusk)", [ht- intuir moru plumlicous. all lwl'oudl)‘ tippt-d with white. Central portion of tho rump uuit'orm light. l>luish gray: lateral and posturior portions of the rump. upper itl‘ll‘t‘t‘YL‘l‘tS, entirt- low't-r parts. tort-head, lnru

and cyt-lids w'llitu. Bill brownish. dusky tcrminally: tort l‘l'nwll (in skint." \V “'23: B.” 2W: dt-pth through nostrils. 2‘97); Tait. 1'63“ (11.. 13.. and Kl. l.‘u/q/:.~" lirt-uds t'rom southu‘n)linut-sotzt and Dakota northward; win- tors in tln- Southt‘ru Status, and migratt-s print-ipally wt-st of tlw Mis. ippi River" tt'ookt- and Merriam .. Not found on the Atlantic coast. .Vm'f. ot'grasst-s. out. in rt-cd)’ or httslt~;_rro\\'n marshvs. Liz/gm. one to three,

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varying from dark t'ltowiltt’tt‘ to t-rcamy hrow'n and soot)" white. irrtigularly markt-d with small spots or large Matches of umhtcr7 and with ohsolutc lilac shell markinvrs "1'12: x 1'4“ tPl'k'SUJIl}.

This inland specivs reaches our western limits. An cxvellvnt ac- count of its habits, by J. W. Preston. will he found in the Ornltholo- gist and ()(ilogist, xi, pp. 54, 5

60. Larus philadelphia t' UM) l’;o_\’.\i'.\l:TI-‘.'s Grit. [it]. in mmmlrr. —\\'holt3 ht‘ad and throat. dark. sooty slatwt-olor; napt- and sidt's of tho nook. undur parts. l'Xt‘t'Itt throat. and tail white: l‘tlt‘k and wings pt-arlvuray: first primary. swn t't‘om ahm‘u white. tht- outvr w‘t-l) and tip lvlavk (Fig. GU. H; SCt'tIlltl and third primaries whitu. tippt-d with Mat-k: third to sixth primaries with small whitish tips. tlmi large him-k >1btlt‘t‘5.illt‘ rest of tllt‘ t'mtht-r whitt: or purl-gray: ltill lilack, .M. in Irinh r.~7.\'imilar to the prt-vt-ding. hut hmul and throat whitv. tlu» l\tl(‘l\' and sides ot the ht-ad washt-d with grayish. lm. ~Topot'tl1t‘ hvad and napt- and a spot on thv auriculurs mort- or lt-ss wnslitul with grayish: lutt‘k varying from lirowuish gray to pt~:ti'l~gi‘a_\‘: lk'SSt‘T wing— t'm't-rts gm) ish llrow‘n. swondarius mostly pearl—gray: first primary with tho. (Illlll‘ wolv. tip. and most ot'tht- shaft part ot' [ltt‘ imu-r \\'\‘lY lilavk; iuuvr main gin ot' tht- inm'r \\'\‘lt at the Mid nt' tht- tl-atht-r narrowly liordt-rt-d with liltu x: sot-mud and third primarivs Itlllt'lt tlw same. but with sliuhtly mort- Mark at tht- t-uds: tail \\'lll1t‘, handml with Mark and narrowly tippt-d with white: uudvr parts w'hitv. l... lt-IM; \\'.. lvriilt; 'l'.. too; 12.. 1'17).

{Bung/x. "lil't't'tlS t'rom Manitoba H‘Il'llHVill‘tll appart-utl)‘ no n-vord of its hrta lint: on thv Atlantit' wast: wiutrrs southward to thv liult'ot .\lt‘.\ivo.

"Vanltiuutvvu. t‘UlllItlHII 'l‘. \'.. Mull. to .\la_\' .3; ()(‘L tllltl Nov. Lon;r Islztntl. (‘Olll'nnll 'l'. \'.. a l'vw' wiutt-l', (wt. to ,\pl. Sing Sing. ratht‘r rttt‘c T. \'., Apl. and 4)t~l.

Al's-f, ot'sticks lined with grasst-s. «Iva. on stumps. iu bushes or trees four