Re: Common Gull

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Phil Davis writes:

> The Brits have split the Mew Gull into Mew and Common Gull.  It is
> expected that the AOU will soon follow suit.
> 
> Technically, as of today, you would tick it off as a Mew Gull ...
> but note the difference so when the AOU splits it, you can "claim"
> it.

Phil, 

What is the status of Common/Mew Gull in the U.S.?  Are current U.S. 
records all of one species or the other, or a mixed bag?  Or do we 
know?

And in the Yellow Book I see only two records of this gull, one in 
January and one in February, in the Harford/Cecil County area.  
Again, do we know which of the two species were involved?

I was reading about Common Gull last evening in Grant.  Do you know 
offhand which of the races mentioned in that book will make up the 
Mew Gull split?

Thanks in advance.
Norm

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Norm Saunders
Colesville, MD
osprey@ari.net

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