JT,

Primaries too pale, unless of course worn or leucistic.

Gene.

On Fri, 9 Dec 1994, Jerry Tangren wrote:

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> tweeters at u.washington.edu
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> >Michael,
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> >I'll take a stab at it. It's not a Glaucous-winged as it's too small &
> >slender... If it's a Ring-billed sub-adult the primaries must be
> >leucistic or bleached out indicating some aberrancy in molt. How about a
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> >Kumlien's (Iceland) Gull, subadult, just to muddy the waters.
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> >Gene Hunn (hunn at u.washington.edu)
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> To help clear the waters, then why not the case of a subadult Thayer's
> Gull?
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> --JT
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