ORDER LONGIPENNES 



Family Laridae 



Subfamily Sterninae 



Black Tern. — HydTochelidon nigra surinamemis. 10.00 



Straggler during migration; one record. 



Subfamily Larinae 



Herring Gull. — Lotus argenialus. 24.00 



Common in Early Spring 



Field marks. — Entire under parts, head, and neck pure white; 

 back and wings light gray. 



Very early in the Spring, just after the ice has gone out 

 of the river, I have observed several of these gulls over the 

 Hudson about a mile north of Albany, and over ihe Mohawk 

 River as far west as Amsterdam. In April one or two are 

 generally to be seen on the river, from the lower to the 

 upper parts of the Capital City. They remain about here, 

 however, only a short time and then speed northward to breed. 



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