. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARID^. 685. THE IVORY GULL. Pagophila eburnea (Phipps). The first recorded British specimen of this truly Arctic Gull was obtained by the late Dr. Lawrence Edmonston during the winter of 1822, in the Shetland Islands, where this species has subsequently been met with on several occasions. Four examples have been re- corded from the Orkneys, one of them as late in spring as May; while the Outer Hebrides, Sutherland, Caithness, Banffshire and Aberdeenshire, and even Roxburghshire have been visited, and six or seven birds have been killed in south
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. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARID^. 685. THE IVORY GULL. Pagophila eburnea (Phipps). The first recorded British specimen of this truly Arctic Gull was obtained by the late Dr. Lawrence Edmonston during the winter of 1822, in the Shetland Islands, where this species has subsequently been met with on several occasions. Four examples have been re- corded from the Orkneys, one of them as late in spring as May; while the Outer Hebrides, Sutherland, Caithness, Banffshire and Aberdeenshire, and even Roxburghshire have been visited, and six or seven birds have been killed in south-western waters, chiefly off the Firth of Clyde. In England this Gull is, naturally, more frequent in the north than in the south; but its migrations have extended to the Channel and Cornwall, and, exceptionally to Wales; while in Ireland two birds have been taken and others have been observed. Altogether it may be considered that about thirty-five specimens have been procured in the British Islands, and, of these, rather more than half appear to have been adults.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson