Kumlien’s Gull: An Addition to the Massachusetts List.— It has long 
been supposed that Larus kumlieni would prove to be an occasional visitor 
to the Massachusetts coast. I am glad to be able to report the taking of a 
specimen by myself at Moon Island in Boston Harbor on February 22 of 
this year. I first saw the bird February 19, in a large flock of Herring 
Gulls hovering over and feeding in the sewage discharges into the Har¬ 
bor at that point. It was identified without much difficulty when flying, 
by the faint markings of the wings, which at first sight appeared to be 
immaculate, and the size, slightly less than that of L. argentatus. The 
bird was taken three days later at the same place and is now in the col¬ 
lection of Mr. William Brewster. It is a male in adult plumage with a 
few very small and indistinct dark spots in the white. The slate-gray 
markings of the primaries are somewhat darker than in most of Mr. 
Brewster’s other specimens. The establishment of the occurrence of 
Kumlien’s Gull in Massachusetts is especially interesting because its 
presence here is probably in a sense normal rather than accidental, being 
simply a southward extension of its usual winter range in a season of 
unusual severity.— Francis H. Allen, Boston , Mass. 
Ank, XXII, A or,, 190c. 
