NORTH AMERICAN GULLS AND THEIR ALLIES. 39 



Fall migration of the herring gull. 



Place. 



Y,~oods Hole, Mass.. 

 Central New York. . 

 Jersey City, N.J... 



Erie, Pa 



Charleston, S. C 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Average 

 date of 



fall 

 arrival. 



Aug. 21 

 Aug. 20 

 Sept. 21 



Earliest date 

 of fall 

 arrival. 



Aug. 8, 18S7 

 Aug. 13,1908 

 Sept. 20, 1905 

 Aug. 22,1900 

 Nov. 5, 1911 



Place. 



Savannah, Ga. 

 Tortugas, Fla. 

 Keokuk, Iowa. 



Chicago, 111 



Hickman, Ky. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Average 

 date of 



fall 

 arrival. 



Nov. 3 

 Oct."" 8 



Earliest date 



of all 



arrival. 



Oct. 28,1910 

 Dec. 12,1887 

 Sent. 1,1900 

 Aug. 8, 1906 

 Oct. 14,1SSS 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Average 



date of 



the last 



one seen. 



Latest date 

 of the last 

 one seen. 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Average 



date of 



the last 



one seen. 



Latest date 

 of the last 

 one seen. 









Sept. 15, 1S21 



Pelly River, Yukon 

 Fort W r i g 1 e y , 







Oct. 7, 1904 



Franlclin 









W ellington Channel 







Oct. 13, 1903 







Oct. 30,1899 

 Dec. 11,1891 

 Dec. 18,1894 



Dec. 25,18S9 

 Nov. 21,1892 



Fort Resolution, 

 Mackenzie 



Killarney, Manito- 

 ba 



2 

 5 



Sept. 22 

 Oct. IS 





Montreal, Quebec . . 



7 



Nov. 5 



Sept. 25, 1907 



North River, Prince 







Oct. 30,1910 

 Nov. 7, 1S99 



Ottawa, Ontario . . . 



12 



Nov. 7 











Nonbreeding herring gulls are not rare during summer at many 

 places south of the breeding range: Coosaw River, S. C, July 20, 

 1892; Erie, Pa., still common in early June, 1912; near New Haven, 

 Conn., June 29, 1877; and common all summer on Pelee Island, in 

 Lake Erie. The number of these summer nonbreeding birds on 

 Long Island has largely increased within the past few years (Braislin). 



Eggs have been taken at Midriff Lake, N. Y., May 15, 1894 (speci- 

 mens in U. S. National Museum) ; Kentville, Nova Scotia, May 27 to 

 July 5 (Bishop); Rowleys Bay, Wis., May 27, 1878 (specimens in 

 U. S. National Museum); Great Duck Island, Me., May 27, 1900, 

 and May 15, 1902 (Dutcher) ; Sturgeon Island, Lake Winnipeg, June 

 1, 1889 (Macoun) ; Great Whale River, Quebec, June 12, 1899 (Eifrig) ; 

 Fort Resolution, Mackenzie, June 25, 1860 (Kennicott) ; Fort Ander- 

 son, Mackenzie, June 27, 1863 (MacFarlane) , and Bellot Strait, June 

 25, 1859 (M'Clintock). 



Probably the largest breeding colony of herring gulls in the United 

 States is on Great Duck Island, Me., where in 1902 it was estimated 

 that 3,400 pairs were nesting (Dutcher). The nesting season is ex- 

 tended, for eggs were found on an island in Penobscot Bay as late 

 as August 19, 1896 (Knight). 



One of the most interesting records of bird migration ever secured 

 is that of a herring gull which wintered for many years at the Bren- 

 ton Reef Lightship, near Newport, R. I. This gull — called by the 

 lightkeeper "Dick" — came each day during winter to be fed. It 

 was first noted and fed in the fall of 1872, but, of course, there was no 

 way of knowing how old the bird was at that time. It continued 



