ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
THE GULLS AND THEIR ALLIES
Ivory Gull
On the basis of the tarsus being roughened or serrated behind, the beautiful Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) is placed in a genus by itself. It is of medium size, the length being from fifteen to nineteen inches, with the plumage pure white throughout, although the young are sparingly spotted with black, while the bill is greenish yellow and the feet jet-black.
This species is circum-polar in distribution, breeding mainly in Spitzbergen and coming south in winter along the coasts of northern Europe and as far as Newfoundland and New Brunswick on the American side.
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