The White-winged Gull {Icarus leucopterus) in Massachusetts.— 
Although this species has been included in various local lists of our birds 
as a rare winter visitor, there appears to be no very explicit record of its 
capture in this State, or at least no recent one. It may therefore be of 
interest to state that we procured an immature specimen off the Boston 
Milldam on the 31 st of January, 1880 . It was in company with another of 
the same species and from twenty to thirty Herring Gulls.—E. A. and O. 
Bangs. Boston, Mass. Bull H. O.O. 6. April. 1881, p. /% y 
Capture of Larus leucopterus near Boston. — In November last 
Mr. Charles I. Goodale showed me an immature specimen of Larus 
leucopterus in the flesh, which he stated was shot near Boston. The bird 
is now in my collection.— Charles B. Cory, Boston, Mass. , 
Bull, N.O.O. 7, Jan, 188&, p,. *>0 
