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was shot late in the 3^ear, some time since ; Milford^ where, as 

 Mr. J. P. Melzer writes me, five or six which had been blown 

 inland, were obtained some twenty years ago ; Warren^ a speci- 

 men is recorded by Mr. Ned Dearborn ('98, p. 5) as having 

 been taken at this place. 



. 11. Stercorarius parasiticus (I^inn.). Parasitic Jae- 

 ger. 



A visitant off the coast in [spring], late summer and fall. 

 Mr. A. A. Katon has a specimen taken at Seabrook, September 

 2, 1897, and writes that it is "quite common during Septem- 

 ber." 



12. Rissa triclactyla (lyinn.). Kittiwake. 

 A common winter resident off the coast. 



13. Larus glaiicus Brunn. Glaucous GuIvL. 



A rare winter visitant. Mr. William Brewster kindl}^ con- 

 tributes a record of a bird shot at Hampton, and which came 

 into the possession of Mr. N. Vickary, the late taxidermist, 

 about Feb. 20, 1886. 



14. Liarus niariiiusl^inn. Great Beack-backed Gull. 

 A common winter resident on the coast. 



15. Larus argentatus Brunn. Herring Gull. 



A common spring and fall migrant and winter resident along 

 the coast, and occasional inland, where after a hard blow, stray 

 birds are seen on the large lakes, as at Chocorua Lake (Bolles, 

 '93b, p. 129) ; Concord, one seen April 7, 1889, after a southerly 

 gale (" P. C", '89, p. 275) ; Dublin Lake, noted in small flocks 

 in the fall, by Mr. G. H. Thayer {in Uteris) ; East Tilton, one 

 seen at I^ittle Bay in October, 1896, and another recorded from 

 Webster Lake by Mr. Ned Dearborn ('98, p. 5); Newfound 

 Lake, two seen on September 3, 1901, and another at Squam 

 Lake .on Sept. 6, 1902, by Mr. R. H. Howe, Junior. These 

 birds often follow up the larger rivers to a considerable distance 

 inland. Thus on Feb. 10, 1900, I saw two so far up the Merri- 

 mack as Nashua Junction, soaring about over the liver, which 



