Birds of Bristol County, Mass, 
F.W. Andros. 
Lams argentatus smithsonianus Coues., 
American Herring Gull. Winter visitant, com- 
11101 ). 
O.&O. XII. Sept. 1887 p.137 
Water Birds. Nantucket, Mass. 
‘teorir® H. 
General Notes. 
Water Birds at Nantucket, Massachusetts. — Larus argentatus smith- 
sonianus. — May i, 1892, I saw eight Herring Gulls, two of which were 
adults, the others young in the gray plumage, resting in the Ilummuck 
Pond. They frequent the large ponds to rest, as do also the Great Black- 
backed Gulls {Larus mar intis'). _ 
-Auk & .July, 1892. p.3Q4. 
General Notes. 
Stray Notes from Massachusetts. 
George H.Mackay. 
Larus argentatus smithsonianus.—Oct. 22. A lai-ge movement of 
American Herring Gulls towards the southwest; weather fine and warm. 
White and gray plumaged birds were noted passing high up over the 
pond; one flock of twenty-two were flying in form of a harrow. The 
flocks varied from three or four birds to forty each. Between three and 
four hundred were estimated to have passed. 
Auk XI. Jan. 1894 p. 84; 
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