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Berkshire: "Rare transient visitant in the spring and autumn." 

 Bristol Coimty : "Common on migrations." Cohasset : "Common in 

 fall." Essex County : " September to May. Common." Ipswich: "Com- 

 mon in August and September." Nantucket :" Common." Springfield: 

 " Rare visitor." Wellesley : " Migrant. Casual on lakes." 



46. Lrarus atricilla Linn. Laughing Gull. 



A not uncommon local summer resident, breeding on Muskeget 

 Island ; ^ casual island. 



May 8 to October i. 



Essex County: "Autumn. Rare." Ipswich: Recorded. Nantucket: 

 " Common." 



47. Larus marinus Linn. Black-backed Gull. 



A common winter resident on the coast, occasionally visiting 

 the ponds, creeks and rivers a short distance inland. Birds pre- 

 sumably barren remain throughout the summer. 



Late August to May 27 ; Jiily and August. 



Bristol County: "Rather common winter visitant oft' the coast." Cam- 

 bridge :. [Occasional on Fresh Pond.] Cohasset : "Common in fall and 

 winter, rare in spring." Essex County : " Winter. Not abundant." 

 Ipswich : " Common throughout the fall and winter." Nantucket : 

 " Common." 



48. Larus argentatus Briinn. Herring Gull. 



An abundant spring and autumn migrant, and winter resident 

 along the coast. Not uncommon on inland bodies of water. In 

 summer, it is now known on our coast only in flocks of presumably 

 barren birds. It is not improbable that it formerly bred in the 

 State, the only record, however, — and this, we believe, open to 

 question — is of a pair said to have nested on the middle We[e]- 

 pecket Island, Buzzards Bay, in the summer of 1888." 



October 6 to May i ; Summer. 



Amherst : " A few taken at Belchertown Ponds." Berkshire : Extreme- 

 ly rare. Bristol County: "Abundant winter visitant." Brookline : 

 ■ " Occasionally seen flying over." Cambridge : Abundant winter visitant. 

 Cohasset: "Abundant in fall, winter and spring. Barren birds stay all 

 summer." Dedham : " One seen flying over." Essex County : " Winter. 

 Common." Ipswich: " Abundant resident." Nantucket: "Common." 



' iMackay; Auk, Vol. X, No. 4, Oct., 1893, pp. 333-336. 

 ' Mackay ; Auk, Vol. IX, No. 3, July, 1892, p. 226. 



