Ring-billed Gull in New Hampshire. — Thanksgiving Day, 1898 , at 
Campton Village, N. H., I was invited to a country store to see a strange 
bird that had recently been made a captive. Upon examination it proved 
to be a Ring-billed Gull ( Larus delatvarensis ) — evidently a young bird. 
It had first been seen at Waterville, N. H., where it was shot through 
one wing and then captured. 
Thanksgiving Day, 1899 , while driving through West Campton, I was 
surprised to see a Gull chasing a large flock of hens. Upon inquiry I 
learned that this was the Gull previously seen that had now spent one 
year in captivity. Its plumage seemed in good condition and the bird 
apparently enjoyed good health. 
So far as I can learn this is the first Ring-billed Gull to enter the New 
Hampshire bird list. — Ellen E. Webster, Franklin Falls, N. II. 
Auk, XVII, April, 1900, p. itf. 
