Auk, X '■ Ju, , 1896, p. 8$. 
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Larus argentatus smithsonianus. — Muskeget Island, Nov. i, 1895. 
The very large increase in the number of Herring Gulls in this vicinity 
has been remarked by all; nothing similar has been observed for years. 
The northeast point of Muskeget, as also the shoals about Gravelly 
Island, are covered with them in the morning, indicating that they 
roost there.— George 11. Mack ay, Nantucket , Mass. 
Auk, XIII;, Jan. , 189.0. p ■■7?- rv 
‘Gull Dick’ Again.— ‘Gull Dick returned again (see Auk, 1a, p. 227; 
X, p. 76; XI, p. 73; XII, p. 76) on the evening of April 6, 1895, in com¬ 
pany with a young Gull. He being hungry was fed as usual, and after 
satisfying his appetite flew around the lightship and, in company with the 
young Gull, took his departure. I had but little hope that I should ever 
hear of his return. I was consequently agreeably surprised on receiving 
a letter from Captain Edward Fogarty, dated Oct. 2, 1895, informing me 
that ‘ Dick ’ had arrived that morning at sunrise for the twenty-fourth 
season. He looked in much better condition than last season, his feathers 
being smooth, with nothing of the ragged appearance he presented on his 
arrival last year. He seemed pretty hungry on being fed at 7 A. m. There 
was another Gull with him, but evidently not a friend, as ‘Dick’ would 
not allow him to partake of any of his breakfast.— George II. Mackay, 
Nantucket , Mass. 
Auk, XV, Jan., 1893, p ■p.Vj-$' 0 . 
Gull Dick. — The American Herring Gull ( Larus argentatus smith- 
sonianus ), known as ‘ Gull Dick’ (see Auk, Vol. IX, p. 227 ; Vol. X, p. 76 5 
Vol. XI, p. 73; Vol. XII, p. 76; Vol. XIII. p. 78). was observed for the 
last time in the vicinity of the Brenton Reef Light-ship on April 7, 1896, 
making twenty-four summers the bird had passed in this immediate local¬ 
ity. Captain Edward Fogarty, at present in charge of the ship, has 
known Dick for ten years. 
The failure of this bird to put in an appearance as usual in October, 
1896, and his continued absence ever since, leaves but little doubt that he 
is dead, as are all the captains of the Light-ship except the present 
incumbent, Captain Fogarty. Having recorded this bird’s movements 
while alive for several years past in ‘ The Auk,’ I now feel called upon to 
record his probable demise. —George H. Mackay, Nantucket , Mass. 
Note. Several individuals of a species of Larus ( argentatus without 
doubt) have been reported at sundry times to be about the basins; none 
were shot, and I have never seen them, but the authority is good. As 
Larus never appeared here “before the Flood,” it has a fair claim for a 
place in List A. The omission is on the “strict construction” principle, 
because the examples were seen only.—F. C. Browne, Framingham , Mass. 
Bull, N. O.C. 0, April, 1881, p, 127 
