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Larus Argentatus —DBrunn. 
Herring Gull. 
Very abundant in Winter on the Delaware 
River, and on the Jersey coast. I saw them in 
the Bay of Fundy, very thick. They breed on 
Gran-Manan. 
Larus Delawarensis.— Ord. 
Ring-billed Gull. 
Found on the Delaware River in the month of 
March. Rare. 
Chrotcocephalus Atricitla —Linn. 
Laughing Gull. 
Very abundant along the Jersey coast in the 
month of May, where they breed on salt mead- 
ows, making their nest of drift weed and sea 
weeds. I have found them breeding on what is 
called Gull Island, in great numbers, below Sea- 
ville, New Jersey. 
Chroicocephalus Philadelphia. 
Bonaparte’s Gull. 
Not common. Found on the Delaware in 
April and October, and west to Rice Lake, Iowa. 
Slerna Regia— Gambel. 
Royal Tern. 
Very abundant on the Tortugus Island, Flor- 
ida, and breeds on the Keys of Florida. I 
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