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chTances are one hundrei^ to one against the tive preceding- species appearing in Michi- 

 gan even as wanderers, especially is this true of Fratercula arctica" (Prof. J. A. Allen); 

 "I concur with Prof. Allen" (A. H. Boies). 



Genus ALLE Link. 



13-S4:-(8(>3). Alle alle [Linn.). Sea Dovj:: Dovekie, alle. 



The late W. H. Collins reported killing one on Detroit River. Nov. .'?0. 1881, (O. and 

 O. 4. Vol. VII, p. 111). 



Order LONGIPENNES. Long-winged Swimmers. 



Family STERCORARIID/E. Skuas and Jaegers. 

 (iENUS STERCORARIUS Briss. 



l-l-3(>-(765j. Stercorariiis pomariuus (Temm.). Pomarine Jaeger. 



Very rare; one taken on Beaver Island. Michigan, by Prof. Ludwig Kumlein. 

 Reported (Butler's Birds of Ind.) from Lake Michigan; E. L. Mosley reports a specimen 

 shot at Sandusky, O., Oct., 1889; the late W. H. Collins reported one specimen taken 

 on Detroit River, and now in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 Cambridge Massachusetts. 



Family LARID^E. Gulls and Terns. 



More common near the Great Lakes; feed on tish and meat; the larger gulls often 

 accompany vessels. 



Subfamily LARIN-^E. Gulls. 



Genus RISSA Leach. 



lo— 1-0(7. S2). llissa tridactyla (Linn.). Kittiwake; Kittiwake Gull. 



Rare aci:idental visitor"' (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); " arctic regions soutli in 

 winter to New York'" (Jordan). I think this a doubtful Michigan species. Dr. Gibbs 

 informs me that it is reported from Mackinac Island. 



Genus LARUS Linn. 



16-42-(768). Larus g-laiicus Brunn. Glaucus Gull; Ice Gull. 



Rare; "'Upper Peninsula and one taken at Klinger's Lake, St. Joseph county, 1892" 

 (A. H. Boies); "Lake Michigan" (Butler s Birds of Ind.); Prof. Ludwig Kumlein reports 

 taking several specimens at Milwaukee, Wis.; "south in winter to New York" (Jordan); 

 embraced in the University list at Ann Arbor, and in the lists of Miles, Sager and 

 Boies. 

 17— Ir3-(76t)). Larns leucopteriis Faber. Iceland Gull; White- winged Gull. 



Rare: "Lake Michigan, winter" (Butler's Birds of Ind.); about all the great lakes; 

 "rare on Lake Erie" (Jerome Trombley); "south to New York" (Jordan). 

 18-47-(7 71). Larus marinus I/imi. Great Black-backed Gull. 



"Kent county. March 28, 1889, and Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "winter visit- 

 ant on Lake Michigan Dr. Velie. Ridgway's list of birds of 111.. 1874" (Git)bs' Birds of 

 Michigan). 



