and size of a mature Herring Gull, but lacking the black mark¬ 
ings on the primaries. 
After study of bird manuals and museum specimens and 
correspondence with several authorities on gull lore, we felt 
justified in naming our birds; Nos. 1 and 2 as immature Ice¬ 
land Gulls of possibly the first and second years, respectively; 
Nos. 3 and 4 Glaucous Gulls of different stages of development, 
while No. 5, which for some time we hoped to identify as a 
Kumlien Gull, we finally felt compelled to class as a mature 
Iceland, as we could not find any gray on the primaries. 
These studies were in company with Geo. M. Bubier, since 
deceased, and covered the years from 1906 to 1920, inclusive. 
Only on one or two years of that time were the strange gulls 
absent from the pack. Most of them were seen on Fishermen’s 
and King’s Beaches, while a very few records were made at 
N'ahant Beach. 
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