1874 
Larus agontatus. 
251 
Aug. 12. 
" 27. 
1879. 
May 26. 
1880 
Juno 15. 
1881. 
Hay 18. 
Maine (Lake Hmbagog 
Coming dovm the Lake I saw a large bird alight on a 
rock in shore; upon running the boat near him, ho flappet] 
his v/'ings and uttered a squealing cry, w'hen I saw that 
it was a young Herring Gull, full grown and in brown 
plumage. I vras about to shoot him Yrhoii I noticed that 
he was feeding from a tin dipper. Upon making inquiries 
I found &o had been taken from the nest and reared. 
Saw tv;o adult birds alight on the ton of an immense 
dead pine where they sat together for sometime, their 
snowy plumage brought out in strong relief against a dark 
thunder cloud rising in the west. 
A beautiful adult drifting before a furious gal 
on the Lake. 
e 
r Set C-2. Nest, a large bulkys structure of moss 
, placed on the top of a small rock about four feet square 
i; and elevated only a few feet above the water in B Pond- 
; the egp on the p oint of hatching. Two young a few ' 
days ols seen on another rock. For years two m i-s of 
!: Herring-Gulls have bred regularly on this pond/ although 
|| their eggs are almost invariably taken. 
A fine adult at the Middle Dam 
, flying up the River, 
