249 
1867. 
Nov, 20, 
1868, 
Mar. 19. 
Apr. 18. 
Oet, 24. 
Nov% 15, 
Dee. 85 
1869, 
Apr. 16, 
Dec, — 
1870, 
Jan, 23, 
11 
■ li 
Mar. 10, 
Apr. 7, 
“ 11 . 
Nov.A De« 
1871, 
Jan, 4. 
Feb, 6, 
Larus argentatus, 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Four on Fresh Pond; I watched them till it became 
so dark that I could see them no longer, I believe they 
pass the night there but they usually start for the sea 
long before dark. 
One flying over Fresh Pond which is now open. 
About twenty on Fresh Pond. 
One on Fresh Pond to-day the first this autumn. 
The Gulls nov/ visit Fresh Pond regularly evern morn- 
ing, and will continue to do so till the v/ater freezes 
They ar ive just as the sun is rising, and remain all day 
unless they are driven out, swimming about in the middle 
if it is calm; if the wind blows hard they pass most of 
the day on wing. They are very shy and if a boat puts 
off from the shore they rise in wide circles, frequently 
until they are beyond the reach of vision, and disappear. 
Sot a young bird on Fresh Pond; he was svjeeping 
along close to the v/ater. 
They have been very abundant on Fresh Pond all this 
spring. Saw the last to-day. 
Common on Fresh Pond during this month. 
Upv/ards of one hundred sitting in a dose body on 
the Ice at Fresh Pond. 
Theyb have been abundant throughout the winter and 
still continue so. 
Still abundant. 
Saw several. 
The fly to Fresh Pond from the sea every morning. 
Saw several acres of Gulls floating on the sea a 
few hundred yards out (Chelsea Beach), 
The ice having been removed from a small portion of 
Fresh Pond principly in one of the coves the Gulls found 
ij »ut directly and now come up from the bay every morn¬ 
ing. 
