ORDER LONGIPENNES 



Family Laridse 



Subfamily Sterninae 



Black Tern. — Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. 10.00 



Straggler during migration; one record. 



Subfamily Larinse 



Herring Gull. — Lams argentatus. 24.00 



Common in Early Spring 



Field marks. — Entire under parts, head, and neck pure white; 

 back and wings light gray. 



Very early in the Spring, just after the ice has gone out 

 of the river, I have observed several of these gulls over the 

 Hudson about a mile north of Albany, and over the Mohawk 

 River as far west as Amsterdam. In April one or two are 

 generally to be seen on the river, from the lower to the 

 upper parts of the Capital City. They remain about here, 

 however, only a short time and then speed northward to breed. 



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