CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 31 
Manan, N.B. (Chamberlain.) Coast of Labrador. (Dionne.) Seen 
on the edge of the ice in Hudson Bay near Great Whale River in 
spring and winter. (4.P. Low.) Occasionally seen on Lake Ontario. 
I succeeded after two season’s work in obtaining a fine specimen 
of an adult male by getting the fishermen to attach a long line 
to the stern of their boat with a hook at the end baited with 
cisco. (Mcllwraith.) 
Circumpolar ; eggs obtained on Cape Krabbe, lat. 77° 25’ N. 
(Arct. Man.) This beautiful gull frequents Davis Strait, Baffin 
Bay, and various parts of the northern shores of the American 
continent, breeding in great numbers on the high perforated 
cliffs which form the extremity of Cape Parry, in lat. 70°. (Rich- 
ardson.) A rare visitor at Point Barrow ; only two being seen in 
the spring, but more common in the autumn. ((Muwurdoch.) Very 
common in Kingwah Fjord and vicinity just before it froze up, 
for a few days only; none seen in spring ; does not breed in 
Cumberland Gulf. (Kwmelin.) One specimen taken at Dease 
Lake, Cassiar, B. C., by Mr. James Porter, in September, 1889. 
( Fannin.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
The specimen in our collection was taken on the Atlantic coast 
in 1884. 
XXI. RISSA STEPHENS. 1825. 
40. Kittiwake Gull, 
Rissa tridactyla (LINN.) Bonar. 1838. 
Breeds in both Inspectorates, but more commonly in the south- 
ern part of Greenland. (Arct. Man.) Common along the Atlantic 
coast, south from Greenland, especiallyin winter. A rather com- 
mon resident in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Breeding in 
considerable numbers at Bird Rocks and on the limestone cliffs 
at Wreck Bay, Anticosti. (Brvewster.) Breeds plentifully on the 
northern portions of the Atlantic coast of Labrador ; Verrill 
reports them breeding in immense numbers on the eastern and 
northern shores of Anticosti. (Packard.) Common off Great 
Whale River, Hudson Bay, on the edge of the ice in the winter of 
1898-99. (A. P. Low.) Quite common on the River St. Lawrence. 
Di onne), and reaching the western end of Lake Ontario in con- 
siderable numbers. Mcllwraith.) 
