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New Laughing Gull Record 
By SARAH JO SPRINGER 
ON MemorraAL Day (May 30, 1955), near Alton, Illinois, Irene Weber of 
Edwardsville and I saw an adult laughing gull. The time was between 10:00 
and 11:00 a.m.; we both got a good, though brief, look at the bird as it flew 
past. Later in the afternoon, Richard Anderson of St. Louis saw the bird 
from the Missouri side, near the Alton dam. He also heard it give its typical 
laughing call, with which he is familiar. We were very glad to have someone 
that knew the bird support our identification. All three of us had a good 
view of the uniformly dark wings with the white rear edge but with no 
white in the tips. 
1023 St. Lowis St., Edwardsville 
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THE SPRINGFIELD NATURE LEAGUE has sent in the Check List for their spring 
bird census on May 16, 1955. They identified 152 species, of which the most 
notable is the Brewster’s warbler, reported for the first time from the 
Springfield area. Other good records include the barred owl, whip-poor-will, 
Acadian, alder, and least flycatchers, both kinglets, the Bell’s and blue- 
headed vireos, and the Cape May and cerulean warblers. The main areas 
covered were Lake Springfield, Washington Park, Carpenter’s Park, Oak 
Ridge Cemetery, and the vicinity of Jacksonville, Illinois. Participants were 
Dr. Richard Allyn, Stanley Atterberry, Mrs. Guy Bonney, Mr. and Mrs. 
Carl Bretscher, M. D. Cook, Vern Greening, Lena Hardbarger, Lois Hogan, 
Bea and Lois Hopwood, Al Kazynski, and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sausaman of 
Springfield; Emma Leonhard and William O’Brien of Jacksonville; and Mr. 
and Mrs. Bridges of Olney, Illinois. 
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