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Obs. I examined this bird on Sept. 22, 1870, 

 and on Jan. 22, 1873, received a circumstantial 

 account of its capture from Mr. W. Taylor, of 

 Edgbaston, who was in the boat with the fisherman 

 who shot it. 



BONAPARTE'S GULL. Lar us Philadelphia, Ord. Length, 

 14 in. ; bill, 1-25 in. ; wing, 10-25 in. ; tarsus, 1-4 in. 



Hah. North America, breeding in the Fur Countries 

 and migrating southward for the winter. 



One on the Lagan, near Belfast, Feb. 1, 1848 : Thompson, 

 Ann. Nat. Hist, 1848, p. 192; Zool, 1849, p. 2069. 

 Examined in the flesh by Thompson, and preserved 

 in the Belfast Museum. 



One on Loch Lomond, April 1850 : Sir G. Leith, ZooL, 

 1851, p. 8117, and 1867, p. 966. 



One on one of the English Lakes: Yarrell, "Hist. Brit. 

 Birds," ord ed., vol. iii. p. 555. Doubtful. 



One off Skerries, co. Dublin, Feb. 14, 1855 : Hon. T. L. 

 Powys, Zool, 1855, p. 4762. 



One, Dublin Bay, July 1864: Blake Knox, Zool, 1866, 

 p. 306. 



One, Falmouth Harbour, Jan. 4, 1865 : Rodd, Zool, 1865, 

 p. 9501. In the collection of the late Mr. Couch. 



One near Penryn, Cornwall, Jan. 10, 1865 : Rodd, " Birds 

 of Cornwall," p. 168 ; Bullmore, " Cornish Fauna," p. 42. 



One, St. Leonards, Sussex, Nov. 1870 : Cecil Smith, Zool, 

 1883, p. 120; Borrer, "Birds of Sussex," p. 262. 



One, Newlyn, near Penzance, Cornwall, Oct. 24, 1890 : 

 Harting, Zool, 1891, p. 35. A young bird sent to me 

 for identification by T. H. Cornish, of Penzance ; ex- 

 hibited at a meeting of the Linnean Society, Dec. 4, 

 1890. Expanse of wing, 29 in. ; weight, 7 oz. 



Obs. For remarks on the distinguishing char- 

 acters of this species, see Saunders on the Laridae, 



