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34. Alle alle (I/inn.). DOVEKIE. Accidental winter 

 visitor, but has been taken here on several occasions, supposed 

 to have been driven from the coast by a storm. In the Cata- 

 logue of the Birds of Springfield, Dr. J. A. Allen reports its 

 capture at Greenfield, and in his revised list of birds of Mas- 

 sachusetts, at Springfield. (For report of its occurrence at 

 Belchertown, see Birds of Amherst, page 45.) In the Bulletin 

 of Massachusetts Natural History, published at Amherst for 

 June and July, 1 884, it is stated that: "In 1 872 a large number 

 of these birds were secured in and about Belchertown pond, not 

 far from here, ^here they were cast by a severe coast storm." 



51. I/arus argentatus Brunn. HERRING GULL. Com- 

 mon winter visitant; when the Connecticut is free from ice, a 

 few usually fly slowly up the river during the forenoon, search- 

 ing for food, and there is a return flight in the afternoon. On 

 several occasions, during open .winters, I have found them 

 quite numerous here. 



60. I/arus Philadelphia (Ord). BONAPARTE'S GULL. 

 Rare visitor; July 31, 1893, three appeared on the river near 

 Springfield, one of which was captured. Dr. J. A. Allen stated 

 that the}' were occasionally observed here. 



70. Sterna hirundo I/ inn. COMMON TERN. Very rare; 

 one was taken in L,ongmeadow, September, 1878, the only 

 instance that I have known of its presence here. 



80. Rynchops nigra I/inn. BLACK SKIMMER. Acci- 

 dental visitor; after a very severe gale that prevailed the last of 

 August, 1893, one was taken in West Springfield. 



1 06. Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.)- LEACH'S 

 PETREL. Very rare visitor; in late years, I have known of its 

 capture here but three times; Dr. J. A. Allen stated that it had 

 been taken here in a few instances. In an address delivered at 

 Springfield, on the occasion of the opening of the railroad to 

 Boston, a little over sixty years ago, Gov. Kdward Everett, on 



