FRANKLIN'S GULL IN NEW ENGLAND. 
Albert P. Morse.* 
I wish to place on record a New England example of 
Franklin’s Gull, Larus franklini Richardson, in the Essex 
County collection of the Peabody Museum of Salem, Mass. 
It is labeled “o, Salem, Oct. 28, 1885, Geo. 0. Welch” and 
is in fine condition. It is an adult in winter plumage and 
somewhat resembles Bonaparte’s Gull (with which species 
it had been grouped) but a comparison with specimens at 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., 
through the kindness of Mr. 0. Bangs leaves no doubt of 
its identity. 
* Believed to be a first record for New England. 
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