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From: jespah@milton.u.washington.edu (Kathleen Hunt)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Mystery Gull
Message-ID: <17098@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 91 05:33:06 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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From: edm@vrdxhq.verdix.com (Ed Matthews)
*It was here that I saw the mystery gull.  It attracted my attention by
*being whiter than all the Ring-Billed Gulls that it was with.  It was the
*same size as a Ring-Bill and of the same basic shape, especially the tail.
*The tail feathers were all white.  The bill was dark; I did not see the
*eye.  The wings were really different and reminded me of Tern's wings.
*The leading half of the wing was gray, the trailing half white.  There was
*a line of black on the tips of the primaries running about two thirds of
*the length of the wing.  The bird was bigger than a Bonaparte's Gull, but
*it is the gull whose wings seem most similar in my mind, but they were 
*equally white and gray and the black streak was much longer.  I did not
*see the underside of the bird.  Ideas anyone? 

Immature Black-Legged Kittiwake?  Tail sounds wrong for an immature, though,
  and the bill sounds wrong for an adult. 
Common Black-Headed Gull?  Wings sound wrong, though.

Kathleen
jespah@milton.u.washington.edu
-- 
If we increase the size of the penguin until it is the same height as
the man and then compare the relative brain size, we now find that the
penguin's brain is still smaller.  But, and this is the point, it is 
larger than it *was*.     


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