Birds - Glaucous Gull ( Originally Published 1904 ) Called also:
BURGOMASTER ; ICE GULL Length—28 to 32 inches. Male and
Female—In summer: Mantle over wings and back, light pearl gray ;
all other parts pure white. Large, strong, wide bill which is
chrome yellow, with orange red spot at the angle. Legs and feet
pale pink or yellowish pink. In winter: Light streaks of pale
brownish gray on head and back of neck ; otherwise plumage same
as summer. Immature birds are wholly white, with flesh-colored
bills having black tips. Females are smaller than males. Range-
Northern and Arctic Oceans around the world; in North America
from Long Island and the Great Lakes in winter, to Labrador and
northward in the nesting season. Season—Irregular winter
visitor. This very large gull, whose protective coloring
indicates that the snow and ice of the circum polar regions are
its habitual surroundings, occasionally struggles down our
coasts and to the Great Lakes in loose flocks in winter, but
leaves none too good a character beh