Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 16-20 Oct-

ober 1994, Ely, St. Lo uis County.

Black-legged Kittiwake, 26 December

1994, Duluth, St. Louis County (The

Loon 67:110) .

Plegadis, sp. , 10-11 September 1994,

Weaver, Wabasha County.

Pine Grosbeak, 3 July 1994, Red Lake

W.M.A. , Lake of the Woods County.

(The Loon 67:65).

Barrow's Goldeneye, 21-22 January

1995 , Black Dog Lake , Dakota County.

Connecticut Warbler, 2 November 1994,

Richfield, Hennepin County.

Iceland Gull (adult), 29 March 1995, Red

Wing, Goodhue County (The Loon

67:184-185).

Great Black-backed Gull, 27 March

1995, Duluth, St. Louis County (The

Loon 67: 111-112).

Iceland Gull, 7 April 1995, Pine Bend,

Dakota County.

Iceland Gull (first-winter), 25 March-2

April 1995, Red Wing, Goodhue

County (The Loon 67:116-117).

Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9- 28 April

1995, Oak Grove Township, Anoka

County (The Loon 67:177-178).

Great Black-backed Gull, 27 March

1995, Pigs Eye Lake, Ramsey County

(The Loon 67:181-182).

White-eyed Vireo, 5 June 1995, White-

water W.M.A., Winona County (The

Loon 67:175).

Laughing Gull, 15 June 1995, Cameron

Lake, Polk County (The Loon 67: 173-

175).

White-eyed Vireo, 29 May 1995, Bloom-

ington, Hennepin County (The Loon

67: 178-179) .

Plegadis, sp. , 23 July 1994, Thielke

Lake, Big Stone County (The Loon

67:123-129).

Black-headed Grosbeak, 17 May 1995,

Moorhead, Clay County (The Loon

67:182) .

Lesser Black-backed Gull, 17 April

1995 , near Etter, Goodhue County

(The Loon 67:183).

The following records were voted on

by mail January-July 1995 and fou nd to

be Unacceptable:

Chestnut-collared Longspur, 25 Oc-

tober 1994, Agassiz N.W.R., Marshall Co.

The entire description of the bird only

includes references to a buffy head, lightly

streaked back and breast, a "very obscure"

eye mark , a "great deal of white on the

tail, " and "the colored tail feathers were

the shape of a triangle ." However, such a

description does not preclude Smith's or

McCown's Longspur; for that matter,

there is no indication the bird was even a

longspur, since the incomplete documen-

tation does not preclude Vesper Sparrow,

American Pipit, or juvenile Horned La rk .

Gyrfalcon, 16 January 1995, Nereson

Township, Roseau Cou nty. The Commit-

tee unanimously agreed that this identifi-

cation by a very experienced observer

was probably correct; however, the ma-

jority also fe lt the documentation of this

perched raptor seen only at a range of

500-700 yards is not detailed enough for

acceptance. No useful plumage details

were visible at the distance involved, the

description does not indicate why the

bird was a falcon and does not preclude

the possibility of Northern Goshawk.

White-eyed Vireo , 13 May 1995,

Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Dakota

County. The entire description of this

vireo only includes mention of a whitish

belly, yellowish cast on the sides, and

obvious light-colored wing-bars. How-

ever, such a brief description does not

preclude a Solitary or Bell's vireo.

Common Black-headed Gull, 5 May

1995, Thief River Falls, Pennington

County. While the description of the

black-tipped yellow bill suggests that this

immature gull was correctly identified,

such a bill pattern also fits a second-year

Black-legged Kittiwake. The observer

also describes and sketches an under-

wing pattern that does not fit Common

Black-headed or, for that matter, any

other gull: black wing linings and outer

primaries contrasting with white second-

aries and inner primaries. The gull is also

described as being "halfway between ju-

venile and first winter," a most unlikely

plumage to be seen in May. 8255

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