G-eneral Notes. 
Southern Capture of Larus leucopterus. — During the past winter some 
fishermen secured two Gulls, which I have preserved and which Mr. 
Frank M. Chapman identifies as follows: “No. 819 , §, measures: wing, 
15 . 25 ; tarsus, 2 . 16 ; exposed culmen, 1 . 64 ; depth of bill at angle, .56 in. 
I should pronounce it an example of Larus leucopterus in immature 
plumage.” 
“No. 847 , $, measures: wing, 16 . 40 ; tarsus, 2 . 42 ; exposed culmen, 
1.82 ; depth of bill at angle, . 65 . This specimen is slightly larger than 
average specimens of L. leucopterus and is thus intermediate between 
that species and Larusglaucus. It is, however, so much nearer the former 
than the latter that I should call this also Larus leucopterus .” No. 819 
was taken at Stamford. Conn., Feb. 16 , 1894 . No. 847 was shot at Rye, 
N. Y., March 3 , 1894 . — Louis FI. Porter, Stamford , Conn. 
Auk XII. Jan. 1896 p. *76 
Notes on Long Island Birds. — The following data include observa¬ 
tions of some birds not before referred to by the writer, while others have 
been included here on the ground of further acqaintanceship, or for other 
reasons. 
Larus leucopterus (or kumlieni). On March 8 , 1898 , a Gull was shot 
John Tiernan of Rockaway Beach while he was lying in a small boat 
about five miles off shore stooling for Old Squaw Ducks. On the follow¬ 
ing day while at the beach, I noticed this Gull hanging on the awning 
fiame of Tiernan s hotel. The light colored (almost white) primaries 
caught my attention at once, and I secured the bird. It is an immature 
male; much smaller than L. glaucus, and its rather dark coloration I 
found puzzling. Through the kindness of Mr. Walter Deane of Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., the skin was examined by Mr. William Brewster who 
named it L. leucopterus. Mr. Brewster is inclined to regard the phase of 
plumage represented by the present specimen as belonging to that of the 
immature L. kumlieni, the status of which, as yet, has not been deter¬ 
mined. The Iceland Gull has been rarely taken on Long Island. Giraud 
makes no mention of the species, nor is it included in Mr. Lawrence’s 
‘ Catalogue of Birds.’ It is stated in Chapman’s ‘ Birds of Eastern North 
America’ to be an autumnal visitant in winter. Auk, XVI, April, 1899, 
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