28 Oneida Histori cal Society. ^^____ 



12. Larus delawarensis. 



RING-BILLED GULL. 



Common at the eastern end of Oneida Lake in early fall of 

 1909 and 1910. 



13. Larus Philadelphia. 



BONAPARTE'S GULL. 



A common migrant at Oneida Lake, where the common 

 name is "Black-head Gull." Eight of these birds out of a flock 

 of about fifty were killed on the Utica Water Works reservoir 

 in 1879. 



14. Sterna hirundo. 



COMMON TERN. 



An irregular migrant on Oneida Lake. Sometimes in large 

 flocks for weeks at a time. Sometimes not seen for several 

 years. 



15. Sterna antillarum. 



LEAST TERN. 



Mr. F. J. Davis states that he killed a bird of this species on 

 the "Capron Pond," so called, in the town of New Hartford 

 about thirty years ago. Mr. E. H. Eaton regards this record 

 and also those of DeKay and the Rathbun-Fowler list as "prob- 

 ably partly in error," as all specimens which he has examined 

 proved to be juvenile specimens of the Black Tern. See 

 "Birds of New York," page 148. 



16. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. 



BLACK TERN. 

 An irregular migrant on Oneida Lake. Quite common in 

 the fall of 1907. Several records in other years. 



