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7. Stercorarius parasiticus. 



PARASITIC JAEGER. 



A young bird of this species was taken August 22, 1886, on 

 Joe's Lake in the West Canada Creek Valley, by Mr. W. P. 

 Shepard. The bird was seen to alight on the lake, and, appar- 

 ently exhausted with a long journey, allowed itself to be 

 approached in a boat and killed with a paddle. 



8. Rissa tridactyla tridactyla. 



KITTIWAKB. 



A young male killed at Constantia on Oneida Lake by Mr. 

 Robert J. Hughes November 9 1890. 



9. Larus leucopterus. 



ICELAND GULL. 



Recorded from Peterboro, N. Y., February i, 1884, by Mr. 

 George N. Lawrence in the "Auk," Vol. I, page 240. 



10. Larus marinus. 



GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



Recorded from Boonville, young female, latter part of Feb- 

 ruary. 1903, by Mr. W. S. Johnson, in the "Auk," Vol. XX, 

 page 303. 



11. Larus argentatus. 



HERRING GULL. 



Occurs occasionally throughout the county. A common 

 migrant at Oneida Lake. A common summer resident in the 

 West Canada Creek Valley. Breeds. Have known of nests 

 on Joe's, Canachagala, Big Moose, Cedar, and West Canada 

 Lakes. 



