AVES. 15 



L()N(;ii'i:\m;s. 



LA HI DAK. 



27. Laris ATHirii.i.A I.ini)<^. 



Laughing gull; Black-headed gull; Black-poll. 



Limit'. Sy.st. nat., cd. 10. 17.>8. vol. 1. p. i:i«i. "Amkkica." 

 Audubon. Birds of Anur.. 1S44, vol. 7, p. 13(^ pi. 113. Kjt^, 

 Cayx'n. 1880. pi. 23. %. 1-3. 



St'ac'oast.s; ne.st.s on the <rrouiul. 



Mk. — Rare .sunnncr n'.sidi'nt (Mctinic Gn'cn Id.. Wi-strrn Ejjg 

 Rock). (Late April)-Sept. Eggs. June 30-July 5. 



Vt.— Ran- visitor: Bristol. May, 1883; St. Albans. 



Ma.'^.s. — Uncommon summer resident south of Cape Cod (Mu.s- 

 kepet Id.; formerly at Egg Rock, Xahant); elsewhere a rare visitor. 

 May 7-Oet. 1 (late Nov.). Eggs, June 7-July 10. 



R. I. — Rare summer \'i.sitor: S(»akonnet Point, Sept.. 1884; Sea- 

 konnet Point. Aug. 24. 1003. 



CoN.v. — Rare summer \i.sitor; may breed rarely. 



28. Laru.s PHILADELPHIA (Ord) Gray. 



Bonaparte s gull. 



Sterna philadclphia Ord, Guthrie's Geogr., hi^t.. and connuer- 

 «ial grammar, 2d* Anier. ed.. ISl,^. vol. 2. p. 31*.). No localitv; 

 probably Philadp:lphia. 



Imtus honafxirtii Richardson. .Vudubon. Birds f)f .\incr.. 1844, 

 vol. 7. p. 131. pi. 442. Egg. S<'ebohm. 18<M), |). KM), pi. 3(i. fig. 7. 



Salt and fn'sh water; nests on .stumps or in low trees. 



Me. — Common migrant, rare in winter. .\pril-June 20; July 

 25-Nov. 20 (winter). 



.\. II. — Common migrant and rare winter resi<lcnt eoastwi.se. 

 May; Aug. 3-C)ct. 20 (winter). 



\ T. — Rare migrant; ? "summer re.sident." 



Ma.s.«<.- Comm«)n migrant, nuiinly <oastwi.s«', and rare winter 

 resident. M.ir. !(► .lune 3; July 24 .Nov. 2.') (winter). 



