502 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



7. Stercorarius parasiticus. Parasitic Jaeger. 



An accidental visitant, of whose occurrence there is but one authentic 

 record. This depends upon a specimen in Mr. Sennett's collection 

 taken at the head of Erie Bay, October 15, 1874, by Mr. Merrick Low. 

 Mr. Sennett's catalogue notes with reference to this specimen : " Bird 

 very poor and quite exhausted. None ever noticed there before." 

 Of interest in this connection there may be noted a few more recent 

 records, from Lorain and Sandusky Bay, Ohio (Jones, Birds of Ohio, 

 1903, 27 ; Comstock, Auk, XIII., 1896, 171). 



8. Rissa tridactyla. Kittiwake Gull. 



Mr. Worthington, who is very familiar with this species elsewhere, 

 saw and positively identified a single individual off the outside beach 

 on October 17, 1900, but was unable to secure it. Dr. J. M. Wheaton 

 states (Birds of Ohio, 1882, 550) that it is a "Very rare or acci- 

 dental winter visitor on Lake Erie. Mr. Winslow notes the occur- 

 rence of three specimens in Cleveland harbor many years since." 

 Future investigation, however, may perhaps show that this species is at 

 least sparingly represented every winter on the lake, as indicated in 

 the A. O. U. Check-List : " south in eastern North America in winter 

 to the Great Lakes. ' ' 

 [Larus glaucus. Glaucous Gull. 



This large gull is to be looked for in winter. There are records from the Niagara 

 River near Buffalo, January 29, 1895 (Savage, Auk, XII., 1895, 3 I2 )> an d horn 

 Indiana (Butler, Birds of Indiana, 1897, 570} and Michigan (Cook, Birds of Michi- 

 gan, 1893, 27.) 

 Larus leucopterus. Iceland Gull. 



Another northern species, the casual occurrence of which in the winter may be ex- 

 pected, judging from the number of extralimital records. Dr. J. M. Wheaton (Birds 

 of Ohio, 1882, 547), gives it as a " Rare winter visitor on Lake Erie. Mr. Winslow 

 states that two or three specimens have been taken in Cleveland harbor." Mr. Lynds 

 Jones mentions a specimen from Lorain, December 22, 1888 (Birds of Ohio, 1903, 

 28). Mr. E. W. Nelson (Bulletin Essex Institute, VIIL, 1876, 145) considers it a 

 "regular and not uncommon winter resident on Lake Michigan." 

 Larus marinas. Great Black-backed Gull. 



In September, 1900, the writer repeatedly saw a single gull along the outside beach 

 which is believed to have been of this species. It was so wary, however, that in no 

 case could it be approached near enough to positively identify it. Moreover, this gull 

 has been described by fishermen as being met with in early winter far out on the lake, 

 where the tugs go to set the nets, and there would seem to be no reason to doubt the 

 identification, inasmuch as there are numerous records for such near-by localities as 

 Buffalo (Savage, Auk, XII., 1895, 3 I2 )> and Cleveland (Wheaton, Birds of Ohio, 

 1882, 547)-] 



