60 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



47. Larus marinus Linn. — Great Black-racked Gull. 



"I ouly saw this bird once in Nebraska, and then it was dead. Some Win- 

 nebago Indians brought one to Dakota City in May, 1871 " (Aughey). 



61a. Larus argentatus smithsonms Cones. — Herring Gull. 



Kockport, Nebr. , West Point, Nebr. (L. Bruner); northeastern Nebraska 

 (Aughey); " Common during spring migration " (Taylor); " North America in 

 general" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); "a rare migrant, April 15, 18}»4 " (L S. 

 Trostler). 



54. Larus delawarensis OrcZ.— Ring-billed Gull. 



Migrant spring and foil, West Point, Omaha, and Lincoln (L. Bruner); 

 "Rather common in Nebraska" (Aughey); "Migratory, common, arrive 

 from May till July" (Taylor); "North America at large" (Goss); Omaha 

 (L. Skow); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); Dakota City, Wood River 

 (D. H. Talbot); "not uncommon as a migrant at Omaha " (I. S. Trostler). 



58. Larus atricilla Linn. — Laughing Gull. 



Alda, Nebr. (Bull. No. 2,U. S. Dept. Agric, Div. Ornith.); Omaha (L. Skow) 



59. Larus franklinii Sw. & Rich. — Franklin's Gull. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Large numbers here during 

 the spring and fall migrations" (Aughey); " Migratory, abundant, arrive in 

 April, May, September, and October " (Taylor); " Interior of North America '' 

 (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Peru, common migrant (G. A. Coleman); Genoa 

 (D. H. Talbot); Omaha, common migrant (I. S. Trostler). 



60. Larus Philadelphia (Ord). — Bonaparte's Gull. 



Lincoln, Nebr. (W. D. Hunter); "The whole of North America" (Goss); 

 Lincoln, Nov. 3d (A. Eiche). 



-62. Xema sabinii (Sab.). — Sabine's Gull. 



"A rare visitant, south in winter to Kansas" (Goss). 



^64. Sterna tsehegrava Lepech. — Caspian Tern. 



Lincoln, spring 1893 (Dr. F. L. Riser). 



69. Sterna forsteri Nutt. — Forster's Tern. 



West Point, Swan lake, Lincoln — breeds in Sand Hills (L. Bruner); "Dixon 

 county. May, 1871" (Aughey); "Migratory, rare, arrive about the first of 

 May" (Taylor); " North America generally " (Goss); Cherry county — breeds" 

 (J. M. Bates); Gage county (A. Colby); Omaha, "a not uncommon migrant," 

 " Several pairs seen in Cherry county June 20 to 30, where they probably 

 breed " (I. S. Trostler); Fairbury (Dr. M. L. Eaton). 



70. Sterna hirundo iinn. — Common Tern; Sea Swallow. 



Lincoln, West Point (L. Bruner); "Migratory, rare, arrive about the first 

 of .May" (Taylor); "Migratory, very rare" (Goss, Birds of Kansas); Omaha 

 (L. Skow). 



