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Order LONGIPENjVES. Long-wixged Swimmers. 

 Family STERCORARIIDJ^.. Skuas and Jaegers. 



Genus STBRCORARIUS Brisson. 



7. Stercorarius promarinus {Temm.). Pomarine Jaeger. 



" A rare winter visitant to Lake Michia;an. October 9, 1876, in company with 

 my friend, Mr. E. W. Nelson, * * we saw a fine specimen of tliis bird 



flying along the lake shore near the State line." (Dr. Brayton. Trans. Ind. Hort. 

 Soc, 1879, p 150.) 



Family LARIDtE. Gulls and Terns. 



Subfamily LARIN^E. Gulls. 



Genus LARUS Linn.eus. 



8. Larus glaucus Briinn. Glaucous Gull. 



Occasional winter visitor along Lake Michigan. 



9. Larus leucopterus Faber. Iceland Gull; White-winoeb Gull. 



Occasional winter visitor to the northern part of the State, Dekalb County. 

 ( Hon. R. W. McBride. ) " Regular winter visitant to Lake Michigan." (Nelson, 

 Bull. .N'uttall Orn. Club, July, 1876, p. 41.) " Not uncommon winter resident on 

 Lake Michigan." (Brayton. Trans. Ind. Hort. Soc, 1879, p. 1.50.) 



10. Larus argentatus smithsonianus CmieK. American Herring Gull. 



A common migrant and locally winter resident, occasionally remaining 

 througliout the winter in considerable numbers, especially on Lake Michigan. 

 Irregular winter visitor along the Ohio River. 



11. Larus delawarensis Or I. Ring-billed Gull. 



A regular migrant and occasional winter resident in localities noted for the 

 last mentioned species. 



12. Larus franklinii Sio. it- Rich. Franklin's Gull. 

 Occasional migrant and rare winter visitor. 



13. Larus philadelphiae i'h-d). Bonaparte's Gull. 

 A common migrant and rare winter visitor. 



Subfamily STERN IN.E Terns. 



Genus STERNA Linn.eus. 



Subgenus Sterna. 



14. Sterna forsteri Nutt. Forster's Tern. 



A rare migrant over most of the Slate, but common during the migrations 



on Lake Michigan. Reported by Prof. Evermann, from Vigo County, April 28 



and May 19, 1890. Mr. J. Grafton Parker, of Chicago, informs me that this is the 



most common of the terns on Lake Michigan (vicinity of Colehour) during the fall. 



2 — .\pp. Hort. 



