10 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 



8. Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. 



Common during the fall and winter months, frequenting the Gulf 

 coast and the lakes in the southern section of the State. During the 

 migrations occasionally remaining on the small inland lakes for 

 several days on a stretch. Specimens from Waco (October and April) 

 in Baylor museum. 



9. Larus atricilla. Laughing Gull. 



Abundant resident along the coast. Breeding on Bird and Padre 

 Islands, Matagorda Peninsula, etc. 



10. Larus franklinii. Franklin Gull. 



Tolerably common winter resident on the Gulf coast. Regular mi- 

 grant in spring, some years remaining on inland lakes for weeks at a 

 time. Specimens from Waco bear dates from April 29 to May 5. 



11. Larus glaucus. Glaucous Gull. ' . ■<''■■ 



Straggler from the north. Clay county, Texas, (Ragsdalie, Bull Nutt- 

 Orn. Club, VI, 1881, p. 187.) -y.' . i . :- .it. - «-^ .i C 



12. Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte Gull. ' '' ^ < i^.\ . ■ ' |^v( 



Winter resident on Gulf coast, not common. ' '" ^' " "' >* '' ■'' 



13. Xema sabinii. Sabine Gull. - ■ j i 



Casual visitor to the coast in winter. 



14. Gelochelidon nilotica. Gull-billed Tern. 



Resident along the Gulf coast. 



15. Sterna caspia. Caspian Tern. , 



Resident on the coast. Common. 



16. Sterna maxima. Royal Tern. 



Common on the Gulf coast and on many of the lagoons and marshes 

 from Corpus Christi southward. 



17. Sterna sandvichensis acuflavida. Cabot Tern. 



Conmion resident of the coast and lagoons in Southeastern Texas. 



18. Sterna forsteri. Forster Tern. 



Abundant in the lagoons and marshes of Southern Texas. Migrates 

 through Eastern Texas with considerable regularity in the spring, these 

 birds of course being the northern contingent from the upper Missis- 

 sippi Valby. 



19. Sterna hirundo. Common Tern. 



Resident in some portions of Southern Texas. Common migrant. 



