Larus a. snithsonianus . 
Concord, Mass 
Diyfes lilce a Tern 
1890 
At Ball's Hill early this afternoon I saw a Herring Gull 
March 13. (one of two that came from down river) hover at a height of 
beneath the surface for at least three seconds. 7/hen it came 
up it floated on the water for a few minutes before taking 
wing again. I could not see that it had anything in its bill 
C ambri dg e, Ha s s 
j 1899. 
Whenever the weather was calm and rather mild Herring 
November. Gulls resorted to Fresh Pond in greater numbers than I have 
ever seen there before, but few or none alighted there on cold 
windy days. They came to the Pond from the eastward as well 
as southward and usually at a great height, not all together 
out in a straggling flight or procession which lasted for an 
hour or two in the morning when they were almost constantly 
in sight over our garden. If the wind rose during the day 
most of them at once started back but if the weather remained 
calm the return flight would not begin much before sunset. 
Lothrap tells rue that none pf them ever remain in the Pond 
over night. Hy counts were as follows : 25 /S ~ , 2Q V °°, 29 77 ° , 30^ 
Spent most of the forenoon at Fresh Pond watching the 
N o v. 29 
water fowl assembled there. Gulls and Ducks intermingled 
covered anjarea of at least twenty acres . V/.Deane counted 770 
