io8 Cincinnati Society of Xatiiral History. 



bread, which diet soon completed the work of the storm. The 

 bird was then brought to Mr. Gould and is now in his collec- 

 tion. The description given by Dr. Coues, of this bird, in 

 the state just preceding adult plumage, well describes this 

 Warren County specimen. 



Family larid.e. — Gulls and Terns. 



5. L-'VRUS -VRGENTATUS SMiTHSONiANUS Coucs. — Amer- 

 ican herring gull. A specimen, in immature plumage, now in 

 Mr. Gould's collection, was taken at the Lebanon Reservoir 

 in the Spring of 1880, and large gulls, almost certainly of this 

 species, were then not uncommon in Spring and Fall. Of 

 late none have been observed, though probably of not infre- 

 quent occurrence on the Miamis. 



6. IvARUS PHiL.VDELPHi.v (Ord.) — Bonaparte's gull. Form- 

 erly occurred regularly. Spring and Fall, on the reservoir, 

 usually after severe storms. Is still a Spring and Fall migrant, 

 though rather irregular, on the Miamis. 



7. Stp:rna hirundo Linn. — Common tern. Several spec- 

 imens, now in Mr. Gould's collection, were taken at the Leb- 

 anon Reservoir. None observed of late years. 



8. HvuROCHELiDON NIGRA suRiNAMENSis (Gmel ) — Black 

 tern. Irregular Spring and F'all migrant on the Miamis. 

 Formerly of quite regular occurrence on the Lebanon Reser- 

 voir in the Fall, and not uncommon in the Spring. 



Ori)i-:k vStkg.\nopodes. — Totipalmate Swimmers. 

 F.wiiLV PHALACROCORACiDyK. — Cormorants. 



9. Ph.vl.A-Crocorax dii.opiius FLORinANUs (And.) — P'lorida 

 cormorant. One specimen, a bird in immature plumage, now 

 in Mr. Gould's collection, was taken at the Lebanon Reser- 

 voir in the Spring of 1880. Now a rare and irregular migrant 

 on the Miamis. 



Ordick Anseres. — Lamellirostral Swimmers. 

 I'amilv AnaTiii.K.— Ducks, Geese and Swans. 



10. LoPHODYTES cucuLL.\Tus (Linn.) — Hooded mergan.ser. 

 vSpring and Fall migrant, not uncommon. 



