CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 41 
June, 1889 ; thirteen on an island in Crane Lake, June oth, 1894, 
by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
52. Vega Gull. 
Larus vege@ (PALMEN) STEJN. 1888. 
Behring Sea and adjacent waters, south in winter to California 
anc japan. (4.°O) U. Lisi.) 
58. California Gull. 
Larus californicus LAwr. 1854. 
Great Slave Lake, abundant. (oss.) Quite a number of speci- 
mens with eggs were received from Eskimos of the Lower 
Anderson, lat.68° 30’. (Macfarlane.) Found along the Vancouver 
Island coast and in the Gulf of Georgia. (Zord.) An abundant 
resident ; breeds in the interior of British Columbia ; a winter 
resident along the coast, during which time it appears in great 
numbers in our harbours. (/annin.) Common in the Lower 
Fraser valley and on Lake Okanagan, B.C., in winter. (Svooks.) 
54. Ring-billed Gull. 
_ Larus delawarensis Orp. 1815. 
Common throughout the summer at Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 
Apparently rare around the coasts of Nova Scotia and New 
Brunswick, and not very common in the River and Gulf of St. 
Lawrence. Very common on Lake Ontario at its western end 
during the winter. (Mcllwraith.) Common at Lake Mistassini, 
Que., where it breeds. (/. WM. Macoun.) Breeds in the vicinity of 
Hamilton Inlet, east coast of Labrador. (A. P. Low.) Breeds 
in the small lakes in northern Ontario ; found in the northern 
part of Addington Co, in 1870, and near Minden, in Victoria Co. 
in 1868. It bred on islands in the lakes just as it does now in the 
prairie region, where it is abundant in all large lakes and ponds 
from Manitoba to the Rocky Mountains and northward. One 
specimen was taken on Loon Lake, B.C., and it was common on 
Shuswap Lake, in June, 1889. (Macoun.) A winter resident on 
the coast of British Columbia ; breeds in the interior, especi- 
