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juvenile Vega Gull

Fig 1) This bird is said to be very typical for vegae (Jon R. King pers. comm.), though the tertials are perhaps more boldly patterned than most. Photo from Japan, February.

Fig 2) This bird is not as boldly-checkered as the one above, and the scapulars seem to be replaced by first winter feathers, even though the bird is younger. Note that both birds are more delicately-structured than most smithsonianus. Japan. December. Photo by Wataru Kojima, copyright 2000.

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