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> July, 1805, p. 3/Z , 
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Larus marinus. Great Black-backed Gm r _ A „ 
resident here though probably of regular occurrence. iZ" 
“ immature plumage shot on Lake Erie in January, 1894 . This winter ! 
aw four adults on February i 9 ( 1895 ), two on. February ao, and Te on 
h : The Guilt a 2 t 0 b Sh ° h 0t / ne bUt was n0t they 
y. e Gulls of which L. argentatus smithsonianus is the most com 
mon -usually rest quietly on the ice in the morning but appealIn num' 
bers m the afternoons to feed upon ‘lizards * (AT* / PP , m_ 
bait (minnows) cast away by the fishermem ( ™ “ d 
Some Rare Occurrences in Yates County, N. Y . — Larus marinus. 
Great Black-backed Gull. — On April iS, 1898 , there was a great 
influx of American Herring Gulls at this place and with them were about 
fifteen individuals of Larus marinus. One specimen was shot and 
brought to me for identification. They remained here about one week. 
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Auk, XVI, July, 1899, p 2.9*4, 
Great Black-backed Gull in Oneida County, N. Y. — An immature 
female Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) was shot in the southern 
part of this town, the latter part of February, 1903 . This is the first 
recorded occurrence of the species in this county. — W. S. Johnson, 
Boonville, Oneida County , N. V. Auk, XX, July, 1903, p. 3o3 
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Larus marinus. The first Great Black-backed Gull observed 
this autumn at the western end of Long Island was seen by Mr. 
Robt. L. Peavey, on Nov. 20, 1904, at Rockaway. The earliest 
fall record of this bird for this locality which the writer knows 
is November 3. Both these dates are considered early, the birds 
rarely occurring here in abundance much before Christmas. The 
northward departure occurs correspondingly early, March 13 being 
the date on which the last bird has been seen. 
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The Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) on Long Island, N. Y., in 
August.—Near Jones Inlet, on August 14, 1910, I collected an adult 
female of this species. As this bird does not make its appearance on 
Long Island until the cold weather sets in, late m the fall, this early date 
appears to be a rare exception. The bird was moulting heavily, especially 
the primaries, so that it was unable to fly more than about 15 yards at a 
time. The fact that the specimen was moulting after having migrated 
instead of moulting before the migration period is quite unusual.— J. A. 
Weber, Palisades Park, N . J . 
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