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GULL, WEDGE-TAILED. 
Ross’s Rosy Guti, CuNEATED-TAILED GULL. 
Larus Rosstt, Lich. 
The first occurrence of this very rare Gull in 
this country appears to have been in Yorkshire, in 
February, 1847, when one was killed by Lord 
Howden’s gamekeeper, in a ploughed field near 
Milford, in the parish of Kirby.. Its flight re- 
sembled the flight of any other Gull, and it did 
not seem at all shy. This Gull has been captured 
once in Ireland. Two specimens were obtained 
on the coast of Melville Island, on Sir Edward 
Parry’s second voyage. It was also found by 
the same voyager in Wageait Straits, which is 
supposed to be one of its breeding places. It is 
to Commander James Clark Ross, who killed the 
first specimen which was obtained, that the species 
is dedicated. Of the peculiar habits or winter re- 
treat of this Gull nothing appears to be known. 
HARRIER. 
ASH-COLOURED OR MONTAGU’S. 
. Faico CINERACEUS, Mont. 
The resemblance this species bears to the Hen 
Harrier was without doubt the cause of its remain- 
ing so long unnoticed as a separate species. It 
differs, however, from that bird in several particu- 
