King-billed Gull.— April 29, ’82, I shot 
a specimen of Larus Delawarensis at Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y. It proved to be an adult fe¬ 
male’; length 21.50 inches, extent 49.50.— 
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Larus delawarensis, Ring-billed Gull. —A rare migrant, one speci- 
. men taken during the spring of 1894 . 
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Ringed-billed Gull. Nesting in small numbers. 
El. A. Sterling, Brooklyn, Pa. 
Auk, XIX, July, 1902 , p. 298 . 
Very little time was spent in hunting nests, hence information as to the 
nesting time is rather meagre. One good find, however, of this nature 
was the discovery of two Ring-billed Gull’s nests on small rocks which 
projected above the water of a near-by pond. From six to twelve gulls 
could be seen at almost any time in the vicinity of this pond, but the two 
flat nests of sticks and grass, one with two eggs and the other with three, 
were the only evidences of breeding which could be found, the whole col¬ 
ony of birds seeming to confine their attentions to these two nests. Fre¬ 
quently when disturbed four or five of the birds would settle around one 
nest, and then take flight, one by one, leaving one bird in final possession. 
The eggs were laid on May 7 , and when last examined, four weeks later, 
had not yet hatched. The accompanying photograph (PI. IX, fig. 2 , facing 
p. 287 ) shows the nature of the nest and the marking of the eggs. 
E. A. Sterling, Brooklyn, Pa. 
Auk, XIX, July, 1902 , p .2 , Joo, 
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Larus delawarensis. The Ring-billed Gull is not uncommon 
in our locality in summer. At least 50 were observed July 4 , 
1902 , at Freeport. One killed there on Sept. 5 , 1901 , was in an 
advanced stage of moult, the throat being nearly bare. Imma¬ 
ture and adult Ring-billed Gulls pass along this part of the coast 
in large numbers in October, when they are also common in our 
harbors. The last one was noted on November 17 . The writer 
has no record of this bird in winter for this locality. 
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