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BULLETIN 292, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTUEE. 



It ranges commonly in winter to the Gulf coast from Florida to 

 Texas, less commonly to Lake Okechobee (Phelps) and Key West 

 (Scott). A few were noted on the north coast of Cuba at Cardenas 

 and Matanzas Bay, and the species was once found in the market at 

 Habana (Gundlach) ; once, in 1888, near Nassau, Bahamas (Cory) ; and 

 a few in Bermuda, November 4 to March 19, where it was more than 

 usually common the fall of 1 875 (Reid) . In Texas it has been reported 

 south to Corpus Christi (Saunders) and to Fort Brown (Merrill). A 

 few pass south of the United States to Progreso, Yucatan, March 22 

 (Stone) ; the mouth of the Colorado River (Rhoads) ; Cerros Island, 

 Lower California, January, 1885 (Bryant), and a few at the Tres 

 Marias, May 22, 1897 (Nelson). The European birds winter south 

 to the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas. 



Spring migration of the herring gull. 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Average 

 date of 

 spring 

 arrival. 



Earliest date 

 of spring 

 arrival. 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Average 

 date of 

 spring 

 arrival. 



Earliest date 

 of spring 

 arrival. 



Renovo, Pa 



Montreal, Canada. . 

 Quebec City, Can- 



7 

 4 



6 



Feb. 17 

 Apr. 22 



Apr. 17 



Feb. 5,1911 

 Apr. 13,1892 



Apr. 10,1901 

 Apr. 3, 1888 

 Apr. 8, 1S95 



Apr. 1, 1887 

 Mar. 13,1894 

 Mar. 2, 1904 

 Mar. 20,1889 

 Apr. 3, 1904 

 Apr. 2, 1906 



Apr. 19,1910 



May 1,1893 



May 1, 1911 



Athabaska River, 

 Alberta, latitude 

 55° 







May 7, 1901 



Fort Resolution, 









May 17,1860 









Fort Simpson, 

 Mackenzie 



3 



May 22 



North River, Prince 



3 

 22 

 8 

 6 

 2 

 16 



9 



Apr. 2 

 Apr. 4 

 Mar. 19 

 Mar. 27 

 Apr. 7 

 Apr. 11 



Apr. 27 



May 14,1868 

 May 16,1893 



May 21,1910 

 Apr. 19, 1S23 



May 3, 1822 



May 31,1S52 



June 7, 1851 



Ottawa, Ontario. . . 



Fort Enterprise, 















Harrisburg, N. Dak. 



Winter Island, 







Indian Head, Sas- 



Bay of Mercy, 







Osler, Saskatche- 



Prince of Wales 







Edmonton, Alberta 



3 



May 2 















Place. 



Tortugas, Fla 



Clearwater Harbor, 



Fla 



Cumberland, Ga. . . 

 Charleston, S.C.... 

 Pea Island, N.C... 

 Waverly, W. Va... 

 Washington, D. C 



Baltimore, Md 



Beaver, Pa 



Erie, Pa 



Renovo, l'a 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 rec- 

 ords. 



date of 

 the last 

 one seen. 



Mar. 22 

 Apr. 27 



Apr. 10 

 Apr." 20 



Latest date 

 of the last 

 one seen. 



Apr. 27,1914 



May 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May 

 Mar. 

 May 

 May 

 Apr. 

 May 

 Mav 



21, 18S6 

 16, 1902 

 2, 1910 

 3, 1902 



25. 1906 

 10, 1887 

 28, 1897 

 16, 1890 

 16, 1875 



10. 1907 



Place. 



Jersey City, N. J. 



(near) 



Central New York. . 

 Providence, R. I. 



(near) 



Woods Hole, Mass.. 

 New Orleans, La. . . 

 Bay St. Louis, Miss. 



Brazos, Tex 



St. Louis, Mo 



Chicago, 111 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Average 



date of 



the last 



one seen. 



May 10 

 Mav 15 



May 13 

 June 11 



Apr. 15 

 Apr. 23 



Latest date 

 of the last 

 one seen. 



May 

 June 



June 

 July 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 May 

 June 



14,1910 

 2, 1906 



12,1900 

 4,1904 

 25, 1894 

 26, 1902 

 24,1853 

 28,1887 



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