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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Long 
  Island. 
  The 
  specimens 
  taken 
  in 
  

  

  this 
  State 
  are 
  almost 
  always 
  immature 
  birds 
  and 
  are 
  most 
  often 
  seen 
  in 
  

  

  winter 
  or 
  earl}" 
  spring. 
  Audubon 
  mentions 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  occurring 
  as 
  

  

  far 
  south 
  as 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  but 
  neither 
  Giraud, 
  DeKay, 
  nor 
  Lawrence 
  

  

  mentions 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  New 
  York 
  species. 
  Dr 
  Merriam, 
  in 
  April 
  1878, 
  saw 
  two 
  

  

  of 
  these 
  gulls 
  over 
  a 
  pond 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  region, 
  as 
  recorded 
  in 
  Bulletin 
  

  

  of 
  Nuttall 
  Ornithological 
  Club, 
  volume 
  6, 
  page 
  235, 
  and 
  in 
  Auk, 
  volume 
  i, 
  

  

  pages 
  241-42. 
  Other 
  records 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Peterboro, 
  Madison 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Feb. 
  i, 
  1884. 
  Juvenal. 
  Lawrence, 
  Aiik, 
  i: 
  240. 
  

  

  Green-Smith 
  Col. 
  

   Miller's 
  Place, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Winter 
  of 
  1893 
  ; 
  Nov. 
  30, 
  1888. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Helme 
  

   Lansingburg, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Nov. 
  21. 
  1888. 
  9 
  Juvenal. 
  State 
  Museum. 
  No. 
  41 
  

   Rye, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar. 
  3, 
  1894. 
  Porter, 
  Auk, 
  12: 
  76 
  

  

  Cayuga 
  lake, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar. 
  17, 
  1897. 
  (^^ 
  white 
  plumage). 
  L. 
  A. 
  Fuertes 
  

   Oswego, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  wv, 
  oc. 
  D. 
  D. 
  Stone 
  

  

  " 
  Dec. 
  28, 
  1899. 
  Fairly 
  common. 
  Gerrit 
  S. 
  Miller 
  

  

  Rockaway 
  Beach, 
  L. 
  L 
  Feb. 
  6, 
  1898. 
  (Peavey). 
  Braislin, 
  p. 
  36 
  

   Lake 
  Ontario, 
  near 
  Brockport, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Sept. 
  10, 
  1899. 
  cJ* 
  Juvenal. 
  David 
  Bruce 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  specimen 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  ascertain, 
  is 
  

   an 
  immature 
  female 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  at 
  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  

   April 
  14, 
  1904. 
  It 
  was 
  associated 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  flock 
  of 
  Ring-billed 
  gulls 
  

   and 
  a 
  few 
  immature 
  Herring 
  gulls 
  on 
  the 
  wide 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  and 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  seen 
  was 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  peculiar 
  chalky 
  whiteness 
  of 
  its 
  plumage, 
  

   and 
  especially 
  the 
  whiteness 
  of 
  its 
  wings 
  when 
  flying; 
  for, 
  although 
  it 
  was 
  

   in 
  the 
  faded 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  winter, 
  it 
  appeared 
  wholly 
  white 
  when 
  

   seen 
  at 
  a 
  distance. 
  Although 
  its 
  companions 
  were 
  very 
  noisy, 
  no 
  sound 
  

   was 
  heard 
  from 
  the 
  Iceland 
  gull 
  during 
  the 
  three 
  days 
  while 
  it 
  was 
  under 
  

   observation. 
  

  

  Larus 
  kumlieni 
  Brewster 
  

   Kumlien 
  Gull 
  

  

  Larus 
  kumlieni 
  Brewster. 
  N. 
  0. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  1883. 
  8:216 
  

  

  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  45 
  

  

  kumlieni, 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  Ludwig 
  Kumlien 
  

   Description. 
  Colors 
  practically 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  hyperboreus 
  and 
  

   1 
  e 
  u 
  c 
  o 
  p 
  t 
  e 
  r 
  u 
  s, 
  excepting 
  the 
  primaries, 
  which 
  have 
  subtcrminal 
  bars 
  

  

  