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the Great Lakes and the shores of Long Island. The specimens taken in 



this State are ahnost always ininiature birds and are most often seen in 



winter or early spring. Audubon mentions this species as occurring as 



far south as the Bay of New York, but neither Giraud, DeKay, nor Lawrence 



mentions it as a New York species. Dr Merriam, in April 1878, saw two 



of these gulls over a pond in the Adirondack region, as recorded in Bulletin 



of Nuttall Ornithological Club, volume 6, page 235, and in Auk, volume i, 



pages 241-42. Other records are as follows: 



Peterboro, Madison co., N. Y. Feb. i, 1884. Juvenal. Lawrence, Auk, i: 240. 



Green-Smith Col. 

 Miller's Place, L. I. Winter of 1893 ; Nov. 30, 1888. A. H. Helme 

 Lansingburg, N. Y. Nov. 21,1888. 9 Juvenal. State Museum. No. 41 

 Rye, N. Y. Mar. 3, 1894. Porter, Auk, 12: 76 



Cayuga lake, N. Y. Mar. 17, 1897. (In white plumage). L. A. Fuertes 

 Oswego, N. Y. wv, oc. D. D. Stone 



" Dec. 28, 1899. Fairly common. Gerrit S. Miller 



Rockaway Beach, L. I. Feb. 6, 1898. (Peavey). Braislin, p. 30 

 Lake Ontario, near Brockport, N. Y. Sept. 10, 1899. 0" Juvenal. David Bruce 



The last specimen taken in the State, as far as I can ascertain, is 

 an immature female collected by the author at Rochester, N. Y., 

 April 14, 1904. It was associated with a large flock of Ring-billed gulls 

 and a few immature Herring gulls on the wide waters of the canal and as 

 soon as seen was recognized by the peculiar chalky whiteness of its plumage, 

 and especially the whiteness of its wings when flying; for, although it was 

 in the faded plumage of the first winter, it appeared wholly white when 

 seen at a distance. Although its companions were very noisy, no sound 

 was heard from the Iceland gull during the three days while it was under 

 observation. 



Larus kumlieni Brewster 



Kiimlicn Gull 



Larus kumlieni Brewster. N. O. C. Bui. 1883. 8:216 



A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. ^°- 45 



kumlieni, in honor of Ludwig Kumlien 

 Description. Colors practically the same as hyper bore us and 

 1 e u c o p t e r u s, excepting the primaries, which have subterminal bars 



