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ORDER LONGrlPENNES. LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS. 

 FAMILY STERCORABIIDJE. SKUAS AND JAEGERS. 



GENUS STERCORARIUS BRISSON. 



7. Stercorarius promarinus (Temm.). POMARINK JAKGKR. 



" A rare winter visitant to Lake Michigan. October 9, 1876, in company with 

 my friend, Mr. E. W. Nelson, * * * we saw a fine specimen of this bird 

 flying along the lake shore near the State line." (Dr. Bray ton. Trans. Ind. Hort. 

 Soc., 1879, p 150.) 



FAMILY LAKID^E. GULLS AND TERNS. 

 SUBFAMILY LARINJE. GDLLS. 



GENUS LARUS LINN/EUS. 



8. Larus glaucus Brnnn. GLAUCOUS GULL. 



Occasional winter visitor along Lake Michigan. 



9. Larus leucopterus Faber. ICELAND GULL; WHITE-WINGED GULL. 



Occasional winter visitor to the northern part of the Stale, Dekalb County. 

 (Hon. R. W. McBride.) " Regular winter visitant to Lake Michigan." (Nelson, 

 Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, July, 1876, p. 41.) " Not uncommon winter resident on 

 Lake Michigan." (Bray ton. Trans. Ind. Hort. Soc., 1879, p. 150.) 



10. Larus argentatus smithsonianus Coue. AMERICAN HERRING GULL. 



A common migrant and locally winter resident, occasionally remaining 

 throughout the winter in considerable numbers, especially on Lake Michigan. 

 Irregular winter visitor along the Ohio River. 



11. Larus delawarensis Or I. RING-BILLED GULL. 



A regular migrant and occasional winter resident in localities noted for the 

 last mentioned species. 



12. Larus franklinii Sw. & Rich. FRANKLIN'S GULL. 

 Occasional migrant and rare winter visitor. 



13. Larus philadelphiae (Ord). BONAPARTE'S GULL. 

 A common migrant and rare winter visitor. 



SUBFAMILY STERNIN^E TERNS. 



GENUS STERNA LINNJEUB, 



Submenus STERNA. 



14. Sterna forsteri Nuit. FORSTER'S TERN. 



A rare migrant over most of the State, but common during the migrations 



on Lake Michigan. Reported by Prof. Evermann, from Vigo County, April 28 



and May 19, 1890. Mr. J. Grafton Parker, of Chicago, informs me that this is the 



most common of the terns on Lake Michigan (vicinity of Colehour) during the fall. 



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