Larus a.smithsonianus 
Penobscot Bay, Maine. 
1397. " June 14th I went to Mat inicue for a week. The sea- 
June 14 bird colonists have increased. That of Herring Gull is very 
to 
June 21. large; My companion C.I.Day of Boston (formerly in your bank) 
thought 300 to 400 pairs a moderate estimate." 
Extract from letter from H.K.Job, July 22, 1397, 
North Middleboro 1 , Mass. 
