72 BIRDS OF YARMOUTH AND VICINITY. ALLEN. 



They never dive to avoid capture, and when caught 

 are able to put up a good fight. 



51. Larus argentatus Pont. Herring Gull. — In company 

 .with the large colony of Black-backed Gulls at Lake 

 George, is a smaller colony of Herring Gulls, their 

 numbers being roughly in the ratio of one to ten 

 of the former. Their nests seem to be confined 

 to one island, the most heavily wooded of all those 

 used by the gulls. 



70. Sterna hirundo Linn. Common Tern. — Common 

 about our shores in summer. I have never visited 

 any of its reported breeding-places off our coasts. 



106. Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.). Leach's Petrel. — 

 ' One was found alive, but unable to rise, on Main St., 



Yarmouth, Nov. 19, 1909. Three years before, I 

 found the dried body of one at the foot of a ventilat- 

 ing flue in the South End School. 



117. Sula hassana (Linn.). Gannet. — A specimen in im- 

 mature gray plumage shot off Chegoggin Point, 

 Oct. 29, 1904, and another in white plumage shot 

 off Yarmouth, Nov. 8, 1904. 



129. Mergus cwiericarnis {Cb,ss.). American Merganser. — 



Two male specimens both from Digby Co. sient to 

 taxidermists here. One Feb. 15, 1904, the other 

 Jan. 15, 1912. 



130. Mergus serrator (Linn.). Red-breasted Merganser. 



— A female or young male shot at Arcadia, Dec. 

 25, 1900. A male in fine plumage shot off Yarmouth, 

 Feb. 28, 1904. 



182. Anas plaiijrhynchos Linn. Mallard.- — A mule speci- 

 men sent to taxidermist here from Shelburne Co., 

 about Nov. 5, 1904. Another brought in the same 

 fall. 



