NORTH AMERICAN GULLS AND. THEIR ALLIES. 39 
Fall migration of the herring gull. 
Place. 
Num- 
ber of 
years' 
rec- 
ords. 
Average 
date of 
fall 
arrival. 
Earliest date 
of fall 
arrival. 
Place. 
Num- 
ber of 
years' 
rec- 
ords. 
Average 
date of 
fall 
arrival. 
Earliest date 
of all 
arrival. 
Woods Hole, Mass.. 
5 
7 
2 
Aug. 21 
Aug. 20 
Sept. 21 
Aug. 8, 1887 
Aug. 13,1908 
Sept. 20, 1905 
Aug. 22,1900 
Nov. 5,1911 
Savannah, Ga 
3 
Nov. 3 
Oct. 28,1910 
Dec. 12,1887 
Sept. 1,1900 
Aug. 8, 1906 
Oct. 14,1888 
Jersey City, N. J... 
Erie, Pa.... 
Keokuk, Iowa 
6 
Oct. 8 
Charleston, S. C 
Hickman, Ky 
Place. 
Winter Island, 
Franklin 
Wellington Channel 
King Oscar Land... 
Montreal, Quebec . . 
PictoUjNova Scotia 
North River, Prince 
Edward Island... 
Ottawa, Ontario.. . 
Num- 
ber of 
years' 
rec- 
ords. 
12 
Average 
date of 
the last 
one seen. 
Nov. 5 
Nov. 
Latest date 
of the last 
one seen. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
15, 1821 
8, 1852 
30, 1899 
11,1891 
18, 1894 
Dec. 25,1889 
Nov. 21, 1892 
Place. 
Pelly River, Yukon 
Fort W r i g 1 e y , 
Mackenzie (near) . 
Fort Resolution, 
Mackenzie 
Killarney, Manito- 
ba 
Aweme, Manitoba. . 
Num- 
ber of 
years' 
rec- 
ords. 
Average 
date of 
the last 
one seen. 
Sept. 22 
Oct. 18 
Latest date 
of the last 
one seen. 
Oct. 7, 1904 
Oct. 13,1903 
Sept. 25, 1907 
Oct. 30,1910 
Nov. 7, 1899 
Nonbreeding herring gulls are not rare during summer at many 
places south of the breeding range: Coosaw River, S. C, July 20, 
1892; Erie, Pa., still common in early June, 1912; near New Haven, 
Conn., June 29, 1877; and common all summer on Pelee Island, in 
Lake Erie. The number of these summer nonbreeding birds on 
Long Island has largely increased within the past few years (Braislin). 
Eggs have been taken at Midriff Lake, N. Y., May 15, 1894 (speci- 
mens in U. S. National Museum) ; Kentville, Nova Scotia, May 27 to 
July 5 (Bishop); Rowleys Bay, Wis., May 27, 1878 (specimens in 
U. S. National Museum); Great Duck Island, Me., May 27, 1900, 
and May 15, 1902 (Dutcher); Sturgeon Island, Lake Winnipeg, June 
1, 1889 (Macoun) ; Great Whale River, Quebec, June 12, 1899 (Eifrig) ; 
Fort Resolution, Mackenzie, June 25, 1860 (Kennicott); Fort Ander- 
son, Mackenzie, June 27, 1863 (MacFarlane) , and Bellot Strait, June 
25, 1859 (M'Clintock). 
Probably the largest breeding colony of herring gulls in the United 
States is on Great Duck Island, Me., where in 1902 it was estimated 
that 3,400 pairs were nesting (Dutcher). The nesting season is ex- 
tended, for eggs were found on an island in Penobscot Bay as late 
as August 19, 1896 (Knight). 
One of the most interesting records of bird migration ever secured 
is that of a herring gull which wintered for many years at the Bren- 
ton Reef Lightship, near Newport, R. I. This gull — called by the 
lightkeeper "Dick" — came each day during winter to be fed. It 
was first noted and fed in the fall of 1872, but, of course, there was no 
wa3^ of knowing how old the bird was at that time. It continued 
