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Kumlein ); "breeds abundantly on Gull Island, in Lake Michigan, twenty-five miles 

 southeast of Escanaba '" ( Ed. VanWinkle in Oologist, Vol. X, p. 114); "all United 

 States south to Mexico " ( Jordan ). 



Laughing Gull. 



21-58-(786). Lanis atricilla Linn. Laughing Gull; BrACK-HEAOED Gull. 



" Very abundant on the Great Lakes, probably breeds in the Northern Peninsula " 

 ( Gibbs" Birds of Michigan ); "one shot on the lake shore north of Port Sanilac " ( W. 

 A. Oldtield ); very rare ; "north if it occur at' all " ( Dr. A. K. Fisher); "fairly com- 

 mon" ( Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); " common migrant on Lake Erie " ( Jerome Tromb- 

 ley ); " one killed in Washtenaw county in 1884 " ( L. W. Watkins ). This species is 

 given in Dr. Sager's list of 1839. 



22-59-( 787 ). Larus fraukliiiii Sw. and Rich. Franklin's Gull. 



" Not rare on Lake Michigan during winter and spring " ( Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); 

 " occasional migrant and rare winter visitor in Indiana " ( Butler's Birds of Ind.); 

 "chiefly west of the Mississippi'' (Jordan). 



23-60-(78S). Larus Philadelphia (Ord.). Bonaparte's Gull; Bonaparte's Rosy 

 Gull. 



Rather common in spring and fall ; "throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); often 

 seen inland ; frequently killed at Lansing ; " abundant on Saginaw Bay in fall, 

 immense numbers are seen at times, old and young were seen August 8 and 9. 1889, on 

 the Bay not far from Little Charity Islands, where, I am told, a few breed " ( N. A. 

 Eddy ); taken in Oakland Co. by J. B. Purdy ; " about our inland lakes " ( Dr. W. C. 

 Brownell ); " rather rare in Kalamazoo county" ( Dr. M. Gibbs); Dr. Gibbs is reported 

 to have seen a fiock on Mackinac Island ; " occasionally seen at St. Joseph, in spring 

 migrations " (O. B. Warren ); found breeding on St. Clair flats, by W. H. Collins ( Bull. 

 Nutt. O. Club, Vol. V, p. 61); "occasionally in spring in Monroe county'" (Jerome 

 Trombley ); " Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); "breed near Escanaba "' ( Prof . Ludwig 

 Kumlein ); •" occasionally seen in flocks on the lake at Port Sanilac in spring and 

 summer " ( W. A. Oldfield ). 



Genus XEMA Leaoh. 



24-62-(790). Xema sabiuii {Sab.). Sabine's Gull ; Forked-tailed Gull. 

 "Lake Michigan " ( Butler's Birds of Ind.); "South to New York" (Jordan). 



