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206. Hylocichla fuscescens. Wilson's Thrush. — Transient migrant. 

 One heard July 8, 1903, in deep woods and ravine near Greenville, 

 New Castle County (S. N. R.). 



207. Hylocichla aliciae. Gray-cheeked Thrush. — Transient migrant. 

 One from near Wilmington in Bush collection taken Sept., 1877. 



20S. Hylocichla ustulata swainsonii. Olive-backed Thrush. — Tran- 

 sient migrant. Bush collection, May, 1878. 



209. Hylocichla guttata pallasii. Hermit Thrush. — Transient mi- 

 grant. 



210. Merula migratoria. Robin. — Resident. 



211. Sialia sialis. Blue Bird. — Resident. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Kumlien's Gull : An Addition to the Massachusetts List. — It has long 

 been supposed that Lams kumlieni would prove to be an occasional visitor 

 to the Massachusetts coast. I am glad to be able to report the taking of a 

 specimen by myself at Moon Island in Boston Harbor on February 22 of 

 this year. I first saw the bird February 19, in a large flock of Herring 

 Gulls hovering over and feeding in the sewage discharges into the Har- 

 bor at that point. It was identified without much difficulty when flying, 

 by the faint markings of the wings, which at first sight appeared to be 

 immaculate, and the size, slightly less than that of L. argentatus. The 

 bird was taken three days later at the same place and is now in the col- 

 lection of Mr. William Brewster. It is a male in adult plumage with a 

 few very small and indistinct dark spots in the white. The slate-gray 

 markings of the primaries are somewhat darker than in most of Mr. 

 Brewster's other specimens. The establishment of the occurrence of 

 Kumlien's Gull in Massachusetts is especially interesting because its 

 presence here is probably in a sense normal rather than accidental, being 

 simply a southward extension of its usual winter range in a season of 

 unusual severity. — Francis H. Allen, Boston, Mass. 



Leach's Petrel (Oceatiodroma le.ucorhoa) on the Long Island Shore. — 

 On October 21, 1904, while walking along the Sound beach off Mt. Sinai 

 Harbor, about six o'clock p. m., I observed a long-winged bird flying low 

 over the waves, a short distance from shore. I shot the bird, which proved 

 to be a male Leach's Petrel. Early next morning, two miles further west 

 on the same beach, I secured a second specimen, which was found to be 

 a young female. Both birds were flying westward when shot. These are 



