. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. NORTH AMERICAN GULLS AND THEIR ALLIES. 13 (Murdoch). On Ellesmere Island the first was noted at Cape Sabine, May 23, 1884 (Greeley); Fort Conger, June 3, 1882, and June 4, 1883 (Greeley); and at Cape Union, June 6, 1876 (Feilden). The species is practically unknown in spring in North America south of latitude 60°. A few are reported to have visited Cumber- land Gulf in June, 1878, but did not breed and soon disappeared. Two individuals are recorded as having been seen May 6, 1894, 80. • BREEDING O OCCURRENCE IN SUMMER


. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. NORTH AMERICAN GULLS AND THEIR ALLIES. 13 (Murdoch). On Ellesmere Island the first was noted at Cape Sabine, May 23, 1884 (Greeley); Fort Conger, June 3, 1882, and June 4, 1883 (Greeley); and at Cape Union, June 6, 1876 (Feilden). The species is practically unknown in spring in North America south of latitude 60°. A few are reported to have visited Cumber- land Gulf in June, 1878, but did not breed and soon disappeared. Two individuals are recorded as having been seen May 6, 1894, 80. • BREEDING O OCCURRENCE IN SUMMER Fig. 4.—Long-tailed jseger (Stcrcorarius longicaudus). miles offshore from Barnegat, N. J. (Chapman); these birds, if cor- rectly identified, were 2,000 miles away from their usual habitat at that season. Eggs were taken at Waigat Strait, near Godhavn, Greenland, June 1, 1878 (Kumlien) and also as late as July 21, 1860, near this locality (specimens in the U. S. National Museum); Baillie Island, Mackenzie, July 12, 1901 (Bodfish); Caribou Hills, Mackenzie, June 21, 1898 (Thayer); tundra east of Fort Anderson, Mackenzie, in 1865, from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.


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