24 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. — Apparently 

 the Ring-billed Gull was not common in the neighbor- 

 hood. Two females (one mature and the other nearly 

 so) were the only examples I was able to bring back with 

 me. 



Larus brachyrhynchus. Short-billed Gull. — At 

 times adult and immature birds were very common on the 

 bay and ocean in the vicinage of Point Pinos. January 

 oth many were found on the sand-bars at the mouth of 

 the Carmel River in company with the next species. 



Larus canus. Mew Gull. — The geographic distribu- 

 tion of Larus canus is stated in the second edition of the 

 A. O. U. ' Check-List' to be, " Europe and Asia; acci- 

 dental in Labrador?" Nevertheless it appears to be 

 common on this coast in winter. I took a number of 

 specimens with me to Washington and Mr. Ridgway has 

 corroborated my identification. It should be noted that 

 Mr. Henshaw has reported this Gull from Southern Cali- 

 fornia ('Auk,' vol. ii, p. 232) and Dr. Stejneger from the 

 Commander Islands (Bull. No. 29 U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 

 76; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. x, p. 123). 



Larus heermanni. Heermann's Gull. — In the fluct- 

 uations that occurred, Heermann's Gulls were never 

 abundant, the hordes of the previous summer having dis- 

 appeared. Birds with variegated heads and young-of-the- 

 year were the prevailing kind. In the collection of the 

 Academy there is a series of January and February speci- 

 mens, from San Francisco Bay, having the head snow- 

 white. It is unsettled whether such birds wear the 

 ordinary 'winter' livery of adults, or whether they have 

 attained early the nuptial plumage. 



Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte's Gull. — During a 

 hard rain storm, Dec. 19th, a young male was secured on 



