firmed both our policy on such records

(see The Loon 52: !51) and our Unaccepta-

ble vote on a 1973 Swallow-tailed Kite re-

cord (see The Loon 55 :119).

2) The reported Iceland Gull record from

Duluth in January 1983 was discussed (see

The Loon 55: 188- 189) , and it was de-

cided to regard this gull as an unidentified

Thayer's/Iceland Gull, although the major-

ity thought it was more likely an Iceland .

One problem is that the identification of

this gull as an Iceland relied mainly on the

presence of subapical spots in the

primaries; however, this field mark (along

with others involved in the very difficult

problem of Thayer's/Iceland Gull identifi-

cation) may not be infallible since most re-

ferences deemphasize or fail to mention

this feature , and since it is possible that

some paler Thayer's could show such spots

(see the photo in Birding 12: 199). The

other problem with this record is that the

gull's inner primaries are whiter than the

darker outer primaries and secondaries (see

the photo in The Loon article) ; although

this feature is not widely published, it is

consistent with all first- winter Thayer's

Gulls this writer has seen either in life or

in photos. Also note that the outer

primaries, while pale, are still slightly

darker than the wing coverts - a field

mark of the Thayer's rather than the Ice-

land .

3) In order to make our proceedings

more open and available to M.O.U. mem-

bers, two decisions were made . First, those

interested should be aware that all

M.O.R.C. votes on bird records, both Ac-

ceptable and Unacceptable, are kept on file

with the permanent M.O .U. bird records

located at the University of Minnesota,

Duluth. These files are open to the public,

and access to them , either in person or by

mail, can be arranged by contacting either

Janet Green , M. 0. U. Research and Re-

cords Chairman, or Kim Eckert, M.O.R.C.

Secretary . Second, all future M.O.R.C.

meetings, usually held annually in summer

or during the December M .O .U. Paper

Session weekend , will be open for anyone

interested to attend . To find out when the

next meeting is, contact M.O .R.C. Chair-

man Bob Janssen or any of the Committee

members.

The following records were found Ac-

ceptable , July - December, 1983 . (Note-

M. 0. R.C. does not vote on, nor do these

Proceedings articles include, obviously ac-

ceptable records substantiated by clearly

identifiable photos or specimens; e.g., the

Groove- billed Ani seen by many and

photographed in Nov. 1983 in Brown Co.

- however, if there had been no photo

this record would have been voted on.)

- Bufflehead, 6/5- 7/83, Carver Park Re-

serve, Carver Co . (vote 7--0; Loon 55 :

123- 124).

- Worm-eating Warbler, 5/ll /83, Flan-

drau State Park, Brown Co. (vote 7-0;

Loon 55 :126).

- Scissor- tailed Flycatcher, 5/!6/83,

Tamarac N .W.R . , Becker Co. (vote 7-

0) .

- Black- legged Kittiwake, 6/ll/83, Green-

bush , Roseau Co. (vote 7--0; Loon

55:!23).

- White-eyed Vireo, 6/4/83, St. Paul,

Ramsey Co. (vote 7--0; Loon 55:126-

127).

-Worm-eating Warbler, 51!7/83, Min-

neopa State Park, Blue Earth Co . (vote

7--0; Loon 55 :126).

- Lazuli Bunting, 6/26/83 , near North

Branch, Chisago Co. (vote 6-l; Loon

55:120) .

- Hooded Warbler, 5/24-6/!8/83, Maple

Grove Twp ., Crow Wing Co. (vote 7-

0; Loon 55: 124-125).

-Laughing Gull, 6/9-10/83, Frontenac,

Goodhue Co . (vote 7--0; Loon 55: 125).

- Tricolored Heron, 7/3-12/83, near

Alden, Freeborn Co . (vote 7--0; Loon

55 :179- 180).

- Northern Wheatear, 51!5/82, near Whit-

man Dam, Winona Co. (vote 7--0; Loon

151 - 153).

-Snowy Plover, 7/28/83, Zipple Bay

State Park, Lake of the Woods Co.

(vote 7--0; Loon 55:177).

-Sabine's Gull, 10/2/83, Lake Benton,

Lincoln Co. (vote 7--0; Loon 55 :178).

-Black-legged Kittiwake, 9/11-17/83,

Stoney Point, St. Louis Co. (vote 7--0;

Loon 55:179).

-Groove-billed Ani, !0/5/83, Lutsen,

Cook Co . (vote 7--0; Loon 56:75).

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