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tion. Mr. E. W. Vickers reports "One found dead floating 

 among ice in the creek near Canton." Rev.W. F. Henninger 

 adds another record for Pike county, March 21, 1901. 

 (Wilson Bulletin No. 40, 1902, page 79.) Individuals 

 should be found occasionally on Lake Erie during the win- 

 ter, and wanderers might occasionally reach Kentucky. 



11. (51.) LARUS ARGENTATUS Briinn. 276. 



Herring Gull. 



Synonyms: Larus argentatus smithsonianus. 



American Herring Gull. 

 Audubon, Orn. Biog., Ill, 1835, 98. 



It is, perhaps, not quite true that this gull is a resident in 

 the state in spite of the fact that birds have been seen on the 

 lake shore during every week in the year, because there are 

 no breeding records. Probably the summer birds were wan- 

 dering males or unmated birds. It is a common bird locally 

 on the larger streams and lakes during the migrations, but 

 does not seem to be a winter resident upon any of the inland 

 waters, except possibly the Ohio river. 



The Lake Erie flocks are much larger after the middle of 

 March than during the winter. Only during the period 

 when the lake is well filled with ice are the numbers few. 

 During the severest weather they remain near the fish 

 houses or follow the ice cutters, unless there be rifts of 

 open water not far out. 



12. (54.) LARUS DELAWARENSIS Ord. 277. 



Ring-billed Gull. 



Synonyms: Common American Gull. 

 Audubon, Orn. Biog., Ill, 1835, 98. 



I have looked for this gull in vain. It is reported as rare 

 everywhere in the state. What Dr. Wheaton says of it 

 would indicate that even as he wrote in 1882, the numbers 

 were growing considerably less. There appears to be no 

 evidence of its breeding within the state. It is possible that 

 several of the gulls formerly nested on the islands within 



