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5. Stercorarms parasiticus (LINN.). 37. 



Parasitic Jaeger. 



A young specimen of this bird was taken August 22, 1886, on 

 Joe's Lake, Herkimer County, by Mr. W. P. Shepard. The bird 

 was seen to alight on the lake, and apparently exhausted with a 

 long journey, allowed itself to be approached in a boat and killed 

 with a paddle. 



6. Larus argentatus smithsonianus COUES. 51a. 



American Herring Gull. 



Occurs occasionally throughout the County. A common migrant 

 at Oneida Lake. Common summer resident in Herkimer and 

 Hamilton Counties; breeding occasionally at Joe's Lake; and 

 almost always up to a few years ago, on Canachagala Lake, in 

 large numbers ; and for many years on the West Canada Lakes. 



7. Lams Philadelphia (ORD). 60. 



Bonaparte's Gull. 



A common migrant at Oneida Lake, where the local name is 

 "Black head gull." Eight of these birds out of a flock of about 

 fifty were killed on the Utica Water Works Reservoir in 1879. 



8. Sterna hirundo LINN. 70. 



Common Tern. 



Of rare occurrence on Oneida Lake. In the spring of 1885 one 

 was killed at Upper South Bay by Mr. Henry Loftie, who has the 

 bird mounted and preserved. Mr. George D. Chapin of the same 

 place, also reports the bird as seen, being very tame, and following 

 the boat for quite a long time. 



9. Sterna antillaram (LESS.). 74. 



Least Tern. 



Mr. F. J. Davis killed a bird of this species on the " Capron 

 Pond," so called, in town of New Hartford, a few years ago. 



