CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 2h 
on high cliffs ; two pairs nested very near our harbour, but were 
torn down by the ravens. (Awmelin.) A few specimens taken in 
the Bay of Fundy, N.B. (Chamberlain.) North Atlantic coast 
of North America. (4. O. U. List.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
One specimen, procured at St. John, N. B., by Mr. Chamberlain. 
48. WNelson’s Gull. 
Larus nelsont HENSH. 1884. 
Type specimen captured at St. Michael, June 2oth, 1877. 
(Velson.) Apparently not taken since ; the writer can find no 
further record. 
47. Great Black-backed Gull. 
Larus marinus LINN. 1758. 
Breeds generally throughout Danish Greenland, but most com- 
monly between lat. 63° and 68° N. (Arct. Man.) Reeks says 
that in Newfoundland it builds its nest of grass or rushes most 
commonly in freshwater ponds or lakes ; it is said to breed com- 
monly in Labrador and Brewster saw young on Anticosti and be- 
lieves it breeds there. Jones says it breeds on islands off the 
coast of Nova Scotia. It is common along the Atlantic coast, 
and Chamberlain says it resides in New Brunswick. Common in 
the Gulf of St. Lawrence and ascending the river to Lake Ontario 
where it is occasionally seen. One has been seen in the vicinity 
of Ottawa, Ont. 
BREEDING Notes.—This species breeds on Gannet Island, coast 
of Labrador, where Mr. Dicks collected for me a number of 
clutches on June 15th, 1895. The nests were built on the rocks 
and made of sea-weed and usually contained three eggs each. 
Sometimes only two eggs are found ina nest. (Razne.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
One specimen procured at St. John, New Brunswick, by Mr. 
Chamberlain. 
Seven eggs, one taken on Disco Island, Greenland, by Inspec- 
tor Anderson in 1894 ; three on Isle de Haute, Nova Scotia, by 
the light-house keeper, June toth, 1894 ; two from Grand Lake, 
Nova Scotia, taken May 24th, 1890, by Col. Egan ; one taken on 
