argentatus

Updated: May 7, 2025

167. HERRING GULL. Larus argentatus, Gmelin. French, "Goeland argenté," "Goeland

Cecil Smith - Birds of Guernsey (1879) : And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands

The little Midas argentatus is one of the rarest of the American monkeys; indeed, I have not heard of its being found anywhere except near Cameta, where I once saw three individuals, looking like so many white kittens, running along a branch in a cacao grove; in their motions, they resembled precisely the Midas ursulus already described.

Henry Walter Bates - The Naturalist on the River Amazons

When pleased, its voice is soft and gentle; but when angry or terrified, it utters a somewhat sharp hiss. Among the rarest of the tribe is the Midas argentatus, measuring only seven inches in length of body. It resembles a little white kitten, being covered with long white silky hair. The tail, however, is blackish, and the face nearly naked and flesh-coloured.

William Henry Giles Kingston - The Western World: Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North: and South America