CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 2()(J 



25 (60) Bonaparte's gull 



Larus Philadelphia (Ord) 



26 [60.1] Little gull 1 



Larus minutus Pall. 



27 (62) Sabine's gull 2 



Xema sabinii (Sab.) 



28 (6$) Gull-billed tern 



Gelochelidon nilotica (Hasselq.) 



1 There is one American record of the occurrence of this European species. It was taken at 

 Fire Island, Long Island. See Auk, 1888, 5: 172. 



2 An arctic form. Two Long Island records. See Glraud's Birds of Long Island, 1844, p. 363; 

 Balrd, Brewer & Ridgway's Water birds, 2 :272 ; Auk, 1900, 17 : 63. 



