252 
1874»■ 
June 18, 
Larus argentatus. 
One in immature plumage (Marston’s Milils, Mass,). 
1875* 
July 2o. 
About one hundred, all immature birds, on Green Is¬ 
lands, near Portland,Maine, 
Sept*22, 
Numbers at Smith’s Point both adult and young, 
(Nantucket). 
“ 24. 
Numbers fishing in the harbor. (Nantucket), 
Nov, 22, 
Large n umbers at the mouth of Ipswich River, 
1876, 
Apr, 11. 
About tv/enty in the harbor at Rastport, Maine, 
fishing close to the v^harfs. At Point Lepreaux this 
evening they were making a groat outcry on the v/ater as 
late as 10 P,M. calling loudly and incessantly. 
* 14, 
A heavy flight of those Gulls migrating eastward 
along the coast during the afternoon, (Point Lepreaux N.B) 
May, 6. 
Abundant at Chatham, Mass., most of thfijse seen being 
immature birds. 
« a 
one brought do\?n v/^ith a broken vring bit savagely, 
aind like a snapping turtle hung on to anythink that was 
placed v/ithin its roach, even allov^ing itsef to be thus 
lifted from the ground, (Chatham,Mass,), 
“ 7. 
Shot three from a Brant Box. My boatman decoyed 
them within range by using a pair of Gull’s wings v^hieh 
ho skillfully opened and shut by compressing and relasing 
the muscles; the of'ect being that of a gull flapping 
its v/ings on a sand bar. (Chatham,Mass. ), 
1881. 
Mar. 26. 
Crossing the East Boston Perry On my way to Revere 
Beach, I sav/ hundreds of those birds and v/ondered if they 
spent the night in the harbor. T is was definitely set¬ 
tled a few hours later. At Revere Beach during the half 
hour preceding sunset I saw them arriving in a continuous 
stream and settling on the v/^ater. They flew lov/ over 
the sea and all from the direction of Boston of course 
follov/ing the coast lino. By si nset there must ha'/e 
been nearly a thousand collected in a vast bod about mid- 
v/ay between Nahant and Revere Beach, This bed was cer¬ 
tainly half a mile in length the birds floating in about 
four or five parallel lines. On the dark blue sea it 
looked like a groat bank of snow. 
