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32 (59) Larus franklini Richardson 
FRANKLIN GULL 
Status—Rare winter visitant to the seacoast off southern California. Three 
specimens taken at Hyperion, Los Angeles County, November 22, 1913, October 
17, 1914, and November 24, 1914: nos. 1500, 2350, and 2587, respectively, of the 
Law collection (Law, Condor, xvi, 1915, p. 96). 
33 (60) Larus philadelphia (Ord) 
BoNAPARTE GULL 
Synonym—Chroicocephalus philadelphia. 
Status—Common migrant along the seacoast (many records) ; occasional 
migrant through the interior: near Owens Lake (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna 
no. 7, 1893, p. 14) ; Pajaro Valley, Monterey County (Chalker, Zoe, tv, 1893, p. 
225); Colorado River (Coues, Ibis, 2nd ser., m1, 1866, p. 263); Yermo, Mohave 
Desert (Lamb, Condor, xtv, 1912, p. 33). Winters regularly along our southern 
seacoast from Monterey Bay southward (Mus. Vert. Zool.), occasionally on San 
Francisco Bay. 
34 (62) Xema sabini (Sabine) 
SABINE GULL 
Synonyms—Larus sabini; Fork-tailed Gull. 
Status—Fairly common spring and fall migrant on the ocean: Monterey 
Bay (Loomis, Proce. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2nd ser., v, 1895, p. 215; ibid., 3rd ser., 
zool., 1, 1900, p. 358; Beck, Condor, 1x, 1907, p. 58; Breninger, Auk, xx, 1903, p. 
433; Beck, Proce. Calif. Acad. Sei., 4th ser., m1, 1910, p. 63) ; San Francisco Bay 
(W. E. Bryant, Zoe, 1m, 1892, p. 165) ; Santa Cruz Island (Willett, Pace. Coast 
Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 15); Santa Barbara Channel, ten miles from Santa Cruz 
Island (H. Wright, Condor, xv, 1913, p. 227). One instance of occurrence in 
the interior: Mono Lake, September (W. K. Fisher, Condor, 1v, 1902. jo), 110). 
35 (64) Sterna caspia Pallas 
CasPIAN TERN 
Synonyms—Sterna tschegrava; Sterna regia, part; Hydroprogne caspia. 
Status—Rather rare winter visitant and migrant both coastwise and in the 
interior: Stockton and San Francisco (Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v1, 1881, 
p. 124) ; San Francisco Bay (Kobbe, Bailey’s Handbook Bds., 1902, p. xlix) ; Los 
Banos, Merced County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; Fresno district (Tyler, MS) ; Buena 
Vista Lake, Kern County (Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 196); Alamitos Bay, 
Los Angeles County (Linton, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 68) ; Salton Sea (J. Grinnell, 
Condor, x, 1908, p. 186); Cane Spring, Imperial County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; 
San Diego (Saunders, Cat. Bds. British Mus., xxv, 1896, p. 32). 
