Distribution and migration of North American gulls and their allies . sh Isles, while immaturebirds have wandered south to Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea, and evento the Bay of Biscay. On the American side of the Atlantic Ocean the Iceland gull comessouth in winter as far as Massachusetts, Long Island, and the GreatLakes, though it is never common, and the individuals ranging so farsouth are principally immature birds. It has been recorded alongthe coast at Godbout, Quebec, February to May 1 (Comeau); Per-leys Mills, Me., January 12, 1898 (Knight); near Boston, Mass.,November 4, 1897 (Lothrop), D


Distribution and migration of North American gulls and their allies . sh Isles, while immaturebirds have wandered south to Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea, and evento the Bay of Biscay. On the American side of the Atlantic Ocean the Iceland gull comessouth in winter as far as Massachusetts, Long Island, and the GreatLakes, though it is never common, and the individuals ranging so farsouth are principally immature birds. It has been recorded alongthe coast at Godbout, Quebec, February to May 1 (Comeau); Per-leys Mills, Me., January 12, 1898 (Knight); near Boston, Mass.,November 4, 1897 (Lothrop), December 11, 1897 (Brewster), January15, 1894, and January 31, 1880 (Bangs), and February 11, 1894 (Jef-3673°—Bull. 292—15 4 26 BULLETIN 292, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. fries); Rockaway Beach, Long Island, February 6, 1898 (Peavey);and Rye, N. Y., March 3, 1894 (Porter). Inland it has been noted near Brockport, N. Y., September 10,1899 (Bruce); Lansingburg, N. Y., November 21, 1888 (Eaton);Oswego, N. Y., December 28, 1899, (Miller); Peterboro, N. Y., Feb-. • BREEDING O OCCURRENCE IN SUMMER •f WINTERING •ty OCCURRENCE IN WINTER 4 RESIDENT Iceland gull (Larus leucopterus). ruary 1, 1884 (Lawrence); Ithaca, N. Y., March 17, 1897 (Fuertes);Rochester, N. Y., April 14, 1904 (Eaton); Lorain, Ohio, December22, 1888 (McCormick); Toronto, Ontario, December 12, 1898(Ames); Port Sydney, Ontario, April 6, 1898 (Fleming); Sault , Mich., (Barrows); and Dorchester, Nebr., January 15, 1907(Swenk). NORTH AMERICAN GULLS AND THEIR GULL. Larus glaucescens Naumann. 27 Range.—Coasts of the North Pacific, Bering Sea, and the adjacentArctic Ocean, south to Lower California and Japan. Breeding range.—The center of abundance of the glaucous-winged


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