384 Bryan, List of Hazvaiian Birds. [q^^*^ 



3. Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. — [197, $■ Mtd. Bro. 

 Matthias.] This is unmistakably an immature bird since the head is 

 streaked witli dusky brown and the gray of the mantle is more or less 

 interrupted by the buifish white assumed by certain phases of the young. 



The secondaries are gray at their bases with darker centers and pale 

 borders. The primaries are black without white tips, while there still 

 remain a few brown feathers about the bend of the wings. The tail- 

 feathers are white basally with a dark brown subterminal bar followed by 

 whitish tips. Bill lighter towards the base but ci-ossed by a broad black 

 band in the region of the gonys followed by a lighter tip. This bird in- 

 habits the whole of North America, wintering along both coasts, benefit 

 is not to be greatly wondered at that it should at intervals straj* to these 

 islands. The mounted bird measures: wing, 14.25; tarsus, 2.00; mid- 

 toe and claw, 1.70; tail, 5.30; culmen, 1.50; depth of bill at gonys .50. 



A second specimen of Larus delawarensis has been recently taken in 

 the Hawaiian Islands. It was secured by Mr. G. P. Wilder of Honolulu 

 on the coast of the island of Molokai, near the landing of Haunakakai, on 

 the first of February, 1901, during the time of the kona («'. e., southerly) 

 storm which prevailed for some three weeks. The bird (B. P. B. M. No. 

 9892) was kindly presented to the museum bv Mr. Wilder. It seems to 

 bean immature winter specimen with the head and neck white, somewhat 

 streaked with brownish. 



4. Larus franklinii. Franklin Gull. — [195. $• Mtd. by Bro. Mat- 

 thias.] This most interesting specimen appears without further note. 

 It is the first record of L. franklinii in this portion of the ocean. The 

 bird is almost if not quite mature and agrees closely with the winter 

 phase of plumage, the head being flecked with white, showing the most 

 white on the throat, mottling the plumbeous of the head and neck. The 

 characteristic elongated white patches, one above, the other below, the eye, 

 are conspicuous. The mantle is blue gray. Wing, 1 1.25 ; tail, 4.25 ; tarsus, 

 1.47; midtoe and claw, 1.50; culmen, 1.25; depth of bill at base, .30; 

 depth at gonys, .32. The specimen differs from L. Philadelphia, the 

 Black-headed Gull which might be expected to stray down from the Cali- 

 fornia coast, in its larger measurements, reddish feet and legs, darker 

 mantle, totally different wing pattern, different coloration of the tail, etc. 

 Thus the Hawaiian Islands may be added to the habitat of this species. 



5. Sterna lunata Peale. Gray Wide-awake. — [190, — ?] From the 

 record I copy the following note : "The bird belonged to Mr. J. J. 

 Williams who, when it died, brought it to the college. There it was 

 skinned and sent to Bro. Matthias at Wailuku, who mounted it." The 

 specimen probably came from Laysan or some of the more western 

 islands of the group. 



6. Diomedea nigripes. Black-footed Albatross. — [40, $; 41, (J.] 

 The record states, "these two specimens were brought from Laysan 

 Island by Mr. J. J. Williams." Brother Mark informs me that they kept 

 the birds alive quite a time before they were finally dispatched and mounted 

 by Bro. Matthias. 



