Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
C.B.Merriaxa. 
172. Larus argentatus smithsonianus, Coues. Herring Gull.— 
Common resident, breeding plentifully at those lakes that are not too 
exposed. 
Soil. N.Q.O, Q.Oot, 1881, p.235 
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Larus argentatus. The common Herring Gull has been 
rather common the summer through for the past three or four 
years from Rockaway Beach to Montauk. Before this, one saw 
them regularly in Peconic Bay and but rarely elsewhere, in sum¬ 
mer. They do not nest on Long Island but the increasing num¬ 
ber of 1 left overs,’ as the baymen term them, is taken to indicate 
their increasing numbers elswhere, which we regard as due largely 
to the efforts of the Audubon Societies, through their Treasurer, to 
extend absolute protection to them along the whole Atlantic 
coast, especially during the breeding season. 
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