AVES. 13 



I.ONT.irKNNKS. 



LAKlDAi:. 



Plymouth. .laii. ."). 1S88 (I)\vi<;lit. iininainn'); Boston and Swanip- 

 scott. two or nion-. !)»•<•. 29. 1«M)7-Mar. i:^. \\M^. 



Coxx. — Hart' winter visitor: Stamford. Kch. KJ, 1S94 (Dwight, 

 immatnn*)- 



24. Laius M vKixrs Liiiii(''. 



Great black-backed gull; Black-back; Black minister; Coffin 

 carrier; Ghost-bird; Minister; Saddle-back. 



\Aim6, Syst. nat.. .-d. 10. 17.58, vol. 1. p. 130. "i\ Euhopa." 

 Andnl)on, Birds of Anicr., 1844. vol. 7. ]>. 172, pi. 4.')(). E<j<:, 

 Capcn, 188(», })1. 22, fig.s. 2. 3. 



St'acoa.sts; nt'.st.s on the ground. 



Me. — Common migrant and winttr rt-sident; casual sunnntT 

 visitor. S('j)t. 21-.\|iril (>iiiiini»r). 



.\. II. — Common winter rt'.sidt-nt coa.stwi.se, Oct. 15-sj)ring. 



Ma.ss. — Common winter resident coa.sttN'ise ; a few non-hreeding 

 hirds summer. Late Aug.-May 1 (summer). 



K. 1. — ■ ('(jnnnon winter resident coastwise. Aug. 2(3-.\pril 23. 



CoN.v. — UneommoM winter resident coastwise. Fall-Mar. 



2."3. LaIU S AlUiK.NTATlS rollloppidau. 



Herring gull; Gray gull; Sea gull; Winter gull. 



l'ontop|)., Danske atlas, 17()3, vol. I, |). (122. No locality. 

 .VuduhoM. Birds of Ainer., 1S44, vol. 7. p. 1<»3, |)1. lis. Hgg, 

 (^apcn, 188(), pi. 22. fig. 4-0. 



S<'acoa.sts. large rivers and lakes; nests on the ground or ran-ly 

 in trees. 



Mk. — Ahundant n-sident, l»reeding mainly on outer islands, 

 rarely on inland lakes. Kggs. (May 14) .lune 12-.Iidy 18 (Aug. 

 19)." 



