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34. AUe alle (I/inn.)- Dovekie. Accidental winter 

 visitor, but has been taken here on several occasions, supposed 

 to have been driven from the coast by a storm. In the Cata- 

 logue of the Birds of Springfield, Dr. J. A. Allen reports its 

 capture at Greenfield, and in his revised list of birds of Mas- 

 sachusetts, at Springfield. (For report of its occurrence at 

 Belchertown, see Birds of Amherst, page 45.) In the Bulletin 

 of Massachusetts Natural History, published at Amherst for 

 June and July, 1884, it is stated that: "In 1872 a large number 

 of these birds were secured in and about Belchertown pond, not 

 far from here, where they were cast by a severe coast storm." 



51. I/anis argentatus Brunn. Herring Gull. Com- 

 mon winter visitant; when the Connecticut is free from ice, a 

 few usually fly slowly up the river during the forenoon, search- 

 ing for food, and there is a return flight in the afternoon. On 

 several occasions, during open winters, I have found them 

 quite numerous here. 



60. I<arus Philadelphia (Ord). Bonaparte's Gull. 

 Rare visitor; July 31, 1893, three appeared on the river near 

 Springfield, one of which was captured. Dr. J. A. Allen stated 

 that they were occasionally observed here. 



70. Sterna hinindo I/inn. Common Tern. Very rare; 

 one was taken in I/Ongmeadow, September, 1878, the only 

 instance that I have known of its presence here. 



80. Rynchops nigra I/inn. Black Skimmer. Acci- 

 dental visitor; after a very severe gale that prevailed the last of 

 August, 1893, one was taken in West Springfield. 



106. Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.)- Leach's 

 Petrel. Very rare visitor; in late years, I have known of its 

 capture here but three times; Dr. J. A. Allen stated that it had 

 been taken here in a few instances. In an address deHvered at 

 Springfield, on the occasion of the opening of the railroad to 

 Boston, a Httle over sixty years ago. Gov. Edward Everett, on 



