Kittiwake

a gull so called from its characteristic cry. The common kittiwake nests in enormous colonies in the rocky cliffs of the northern Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and flies southward in winter. The wings are long and slight. The bill is yellow. It is curved abruptly downward at the tip, and is admirably suited for snatching food from the surface of the sea. The adults are about seventeen inches in length with a wing spread of a yard. The color is snow-white, with a dark pearl-blue mantle. A similar species with coral red beak and legs nests around the North Pacific. See Gull