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worms, as the Franklin Gull does. It eats dead fish and other garbage 
along the rivers, where it assembles in countless numbers. In 1905 Mr. 
John E. Cox of the Utah Board of Agriculture wrote, ‘‘Gulls go all over the 
state for insects, usually visiting the beet fields, where they keep down 
the crickets, grasshoppers, cutworms, etc. Gulls are sacred in Utah and 
are so tame that oftentimes they can be caught by hand.” 
California Gulls congregate in large numbers on the Lewis and Cow- 
litz Rivers in Washington during the smelt runs in April and May. In the 
Puget Sound region they feed on boat landings and garbage dumps. “Gulls 
are good scavengers and every sewage outlet and garbage dump in coastal 
cities usually has its attendant gulls,’ especially in winter when food is 
not so readily found elsewhere. 
Gulls are usually noisy. They seem to lose all fear of man when food 
is plentiful and they are not disturbed. Their cries are spoken of as 
raucous. The California Gull is said to have a harsh, demoniac laughter. 
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Unusual Records for Illinois Migrants 
By Seymour H. Levy 
An early spring record of the Cerulean Warbler in Northern Illinois. — 
On 18 April, 1955, I collected a male Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea) 
1 mile south of Glenwood, Cook County, Illinois. The bird was very con- 
spicuous as it foraged in the leafless trees and shrubs. 
Ford (1956. “Birds of the Chicago Region,’ Chgo. Acad. of Sci., Spec. 
Pub. No. 12:76) gives 29 April as the earliest spring arrival date for this 
species, while Clark and Nice (1950. “Wm, Dreuth’s Study of Bird Migra- 
tion in Lincoln Park, Chgo.,’ Chgo. Acad. of Sci., Spec. Pub. No. 8:23) 
lists only the single observation of 25 May. 
It appears, then, that 18 April is the earliest recorded spring arrival 
date for the Cerulean Warbler in Northern Illinois. The specimen is now 
in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Collection, United States National 
Museum. 
Summer occurrence of the Franklin’s Gull in Northern Illinois. — Although 
the Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan) is a regular early fall migrant through 
the Chicago Region, records of its occurence in mid-summer are non- 
existent. The following observation might, therefore, be of interest. On 
21 July, 1956, an extremely feather-worn and emaciated female of this 
species was taken at the north end of Lake Calumet, Cook County, Illinois. 
Clark and Nice (1950. “Wm. Dreuth’s Study of Bird Migration in 
Lincoln Park, Chgo.,’ Chgo. Acad. of Sci., Spec. Pub. No. 8:17) lists 6 
August as the earliest fall date of arrival in the Chicago area. Ford (1956. 
“Birds of the Chicago Region,” Chgo. Acad. of Sci., Spec. Pub. No. 12:46) 
merely cites Dreuth’s observation. Smith and Parmalee (1955. “A Dist. 
Check-list of the Birds of II1.,” Ill. State Museum, Popular Sci. Series 4:33) 
states that the species is a regular fall migrant in the north with no re- 
ference to any summer records, The specimen is now in the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service Collection, United States National Museum. 
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Editor’s Note: Seymour Levy resided in Chicago Heights, where he did much of his bird 
collecting, for almost seven years. He added many races and subspecies to the list of Illinois 
birds that had. not been recorded previously. Now a resident of Arizona - where he is still 
collecting - Mr. Levy has promised to send us additional Illinois records for publication in 
future issues of the AUDUBON BULLETIN. 
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