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as soon as open water appeared and full-grown young were common 

 there the first days of September. A large extension of the known 

 range was made in 1900 when eggs were taken on June 15, at Wey- 

 precht Island, latitude 79°, on the east coast of Ellesmere Island 

 (Thayer), and on July 1 a specimen was taken a few miles farther 

 south, at Alexander Haven (Thayer) . 



In winter the species comes south along the Atlantic coast as far 

 as Long Island, near Rockaway Beach, March 8, 1898 (Braislin); 



• BREEDING- 



+ WINTERING 



■$■ OCCURRENCE IN WINTER 



Fig. 11. — Kumlien's gull (Larus kumlieni). 



Stamford, Conn., February 16, 1894 (Dwight) ; Plymouth, Mass., 

 January 5, 1888 (Dwight); Moon Island, Boston Harbor, Mass., 

 February 22, 1905 (Allen) ; Tadousac, Quebec, probably in the spring 

 of 1901 (Dwight); near Grand Manan, New Brunswick, about Janu- 

 ary 21, 1883 (Merrill); one in the Bay of Fundy, about November 1, 

 1881 (Brewster); and one on Prince Edward Island, October 7, 1905 

 (Mac Swain). Inland, one was taken at the mouth of the Mohawk 

 River, N. Y., January 28, 1884 (Brewster). 



