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tion. Mr. E. W. Vickers reports “One found dead floating 
among ice in the creek near Canton.” Rev.W. F. Henninger 
adds another record for Pike county, March 21, 1901. 
(Wilson Bulletin No. 40, 1902, page 79.) Individuals 
should be found occasionally on Lake Erie during the win- 
ter, and wanderers might occasionally reach Kentucky. 
11. (51.) Larus arcentatrus Briinn. 276. 
Herring Gull. 
Synonyms: Larus argentatus smithsonianus. 
American Herring Gull. 
Audubon, Orn. Biog., III, 1835, 98. 
It is, perhaps, not quite true that this gull is a resident in 
the state in spite of the fact that birds have been seen on the 
lake shore during every week in the year, because there are 
no breeding records. Probably the summer birds were wan- 
dering males or unmated birds. It isa common bird locally 
on the larger streams and lakes during the migzations, but 
does not seem to be a winter resident upon any of the inland 
waters, except possibly the Ohio river. 
The Lake Erie flocks are much larger after the middle of 
March than during the winter. Only during the period 
when the lake is well filled with ice are the numbers few. 
During the severest weather they remain near the fish 
houses or follow the ice cutters, unless there be rifts of 
open water not far out. 
12. (54.) Larus DELAWARENSIS Ord. 277%. 
Ring-billed Gull. 
Synonyms: Common American Gull. 
Audubon, Orn. Biog., III, 1835, 98. 
I have looked for this gull in vain. It is reported as rare 
everywhere in the state. What Dr. Wheaton says of it 
would indicate that even as he wrote in 1882, the numbers 
were growing considerably less. There appears to be no 
evidence of its breeding within the state. It is possible that 
several of the gulls formerly nested on the islands within 
