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23 (40a) Rissa tridactyla pollicaris Ridgway 
Paciric KirrrwaKE 
Synonyms—Rissa kotzebuci; Rissa tridactyla kotzbuei; Rissa pollicaris ; 
Rissa tridactyla; Kittiwake Gull. 
Status—Winter visitant on the ocean and coastwise, irregularly common ; 
casual inland. Recorded as follows: off San Diego (Anthony, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 
267); Alamitos Bay, Los Angeles County (Linton, Condor, rx, 1907, p. 199) ; 
Long Beach (Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 238); Playa del Rey, Los Angeles 
County (J. Grinnell, Condor, vm, 1906, p. 57) ; Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo 
County (Thompson, Condor, m1, 1901, p. 187) ; Monterey (Loomis, Proe. Calif. 
Acad. Sci., 2nd ser., v1, 1896, p. 21) ; off Point Pinos (Beck, Proce. Calif. Acad. 
Sci., 4th ser., m1, 1910, p. 62); San Francisco Bay (J. G. Cooper, Proc. Calif. 
Acad. Sci., rv, 1868, p. 10) ; Nicasio, Marin County (Southwick and Jencks, Auk, 
11, 1885, p. 313). 
24 (42) Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 
Guaucous GULL 
Synonyms—Larus glaucus; Larus hutchinsi; Burgomaster. 
Status—Rare winter visitant along the seacoast: Farallones and San Fran- 
- cisco Bay (J. G. Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 1v, 1868, p. 9); off Monterey 
(Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2nd ser., v1, 1896, p. 22; ibid., 3rd ser., zool., u, 
1900, p. 357; Beck, Proce. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 11, 1910, p. 62) ; Monterey 
Bay, one specimen, February 16, 1911 (no. 17932, Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
25 (44) Larus glaucescens Naumann 
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL 
Status—Common winter visitant along our whole seacoast, being recorded 
south to San Diego. Notably numerous on San Francisco and Monterey bays. 
No record away from salt water. 
26 (49) Larus occidentalis Audubon 
WESTERN GULL 
Synonym—Larus argentatus var. occidentalis. 
Status—Abundant resident along the whole seacoast; common at all seasons 
on San Francisco and San Diego bays. Breeds on the Farallon Islands, on all 
of the Santa Barbara Islands, at Point Reyes (C. A. Allen, Orn. & Ool., v1, 1881, 
p. 18), and at Point Carmel (Beck, Proce. Calif. Acad. Sei., 4th ser., m1, 1910, p. 
62). Oceurs casually inland: Elsinore Lake, Riverside County (Nordhoff, Auk, 
xix, 1902, p. 212) ; 100 miles up Sacramento River (Newberry, Pac. R. R. Rep., 
vi, 1857, p. 105).) : 
27 (51) Larus argentatus Pontoppidan 
HerrRING GULL 
Synonyms—Larus smithsonianus; Larus argentatus smithsonianus; Larus 
vegae; Larus cachinnans; Pallas Herring Gull; Vega Gull. 
