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ORDER K. LOXGIPENNES. 



[The Long- Winged Sivimmers.) 



FAMIL V LAKID.-E. The Gulls. 



284. STERCORARIUS POMATORHINUS. V. Povmrine Jaeger. A rare 

 winter visitant to Lake Michigan. October 9, 1876, in company with my friend, 

 Mr. E. W. Nelson (whose list and complete notes on the birds of Northeastern 

 Illinois is taken as the basis of this list for Northern Indiana), we saw a fine speci- 

 men of this bird flying along the lake shore near the State line. 



285. LARUS GLAUCUS. Briin. Glaucous Gull. Rare winter visitant to 

 Lake Michigan. 



286. LARUS LEUCOPTERUS. Faber. White--ci'inged Gull. Not uncommon 

 winter resident on Lake ^Michigan. 



287. LARUS MARIN US. L. Great Black-backed Gull. Winter resident on 

 Lake Michigan. Also seen on the Ohio. [Langdon.) 



2}^8. LARUS ARGENTATUS. Var. ARGENTATUS. Briin. European 

 Herring Gull. Very rare winter visitant to Lake Michigan. One adult female 

 taken in Chicago harbor, March, 1876. 



289. LARUS ARGENTATUS. Var. SMITHSONIANUS. Coues. American 

 Herring Gull. Abundant winter resident on the lake, and occurs throughout the 

 State. 



290. LARUS DELAWARENSIS. Ring-billed Gull. Migrant along the lake 

 and on the Ohio. 



291. LARUS ATRICILLA. L. Laughing Gull. Summer visitant. {Ridg- 

 -cvay.) 



292. LARUS PHILADELPHIA. Coues. Bonaparte's Gull. Exceedingly 

 abundant migrant through the State. 



293. XEMA SABINEI. Leach. Fork- Tailed Gull. Very rare visitant to Lake 

 Michigan. {AWson.) 



294. STERNA ANGLICA. Mont. Gull-Billed Tern. Rare visitant during 

 summer. {Nelson.) 



295. STERNA CASPIA. Pall. Caspian Tern. Visitant during the migra- 

 tions. Dr. Bannister has observed it at Evanston, 111., often m winter. 



296. STERNA HIRUNDO. L. Wilson's Tern. Abundant migrant about the 

 lake. 



297. STERNA FORSTERI. Nutt. Forsta's Tern. With the above. Also 

 summer resident, breeding in small reedy lakes. [Nelson.) 



298. STERNA SUPERCILIARIS. V. Least Tern. A rare summer visitant. 

 Specimen in Chicago Academy of Sciences from Calumet marshes. 



299. HYDROCHELIDON LARIFORMIS. SAort- Tailed Tern, Black Tern, 

 Abundant summer resident in large marshes and prairie sloughs. 



