Laughing gulls (Larus atricilla) and black skimmers (Rynchops nigra) brought to Newfoundland by hurricane

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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) Science Article 6

abstract

Sea-birds from the West Indies and nearby subtropical regions occasionally occur in New England and the Maritime Provinces of Canada as a result of hurricanes. Peterson (1947) lists three species, the Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) and the Noddy (Anous stolidus) which breed at Dry Tortugas and the Yellow-billed Tropic-bird (Phaethon lepturus) which breeds in Bermuda

LESLIE M. TUCK, Bird Banding vol. 24

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