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BULLETIN" 292, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
April 24, 1903 (Bowman); Harrisburg, N. Dak., April 25, 1904 
(Eastgate); and the last at Catalina Island, CaL, May 12, 1897 (Grin- 
nell); Monterey, Cal., May 19, 1897 (Loornis); and San Jose del 
Cabo, Lower California, May 17, 1882 (Belding). 
Eggs have been taken 
at Pyramid Lake, Nev., 
May 16, 1868, May 15, 
1875, and June 4, 1891 
(specimens in U. S. Na- 
f^ tional Museum); Car- 
rington Island in Great 
Salt Lake, June 17, 1869 
(Ridgway); Fort Reso- 
lution, Mackenzie, June 
26, 1860 (specimens in 
U. S. National Mu- 
seum) ; young just 
hatched, at Big Stick 
Lake, Saskatchewan, 
June 14, 1906 (Bent); 
and young, a few days 
old, on Loon Island, 
Great Slave Lake, July 
13, 1901 (Preble). 
Fall migration. — A 
single California gull, 
unusually early, ap- 
peared at Monterey, 
CaL, August 1, 1894; no 
more were seen until 
August 21, and by the 
first of September the 
species was fairly com- 
mon. In 1896 the first 
was not seen until Sep- 
tember 28, the next 
October 9, and it was 
common from this lat- 
ter date (Loornis). At 
Berkeley, Cal., the first 
was seen October 9, 1888 (Palmer); near San Pedro, CaL, Sep- 
tember 13, 1902 (Daggett); Magdalena Island, Lower California, 
November 24, 1905 (Nelson and Goldman); Puget Sound, Wash., 
August 3 and 12 (specimens in U. S. National Museum) ; and 
Chilliwack, British Columbia, August 26, 18S9 (Brooks). The last 
was seen at Hay River, Mackenzie, November 5, 1908 (Jones). 
Fig. 21.— California gull (Larus calif amicus). 
