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it possible it might be breeding there, though I failed to find any 
sign of a nest. This is the only time I have observed the bird so 
late in the season. (Rev. C.J. Young.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
One specimen shot at False Bay, Lasqueti Island, Gulf of 
Georgia, B.C., by Dr. G. M. Dawson, 1885 ; two taken at Toronto 
and Ottawa, and three at Indian Head, Assa. 
Of eggs of this species we have only one, taken at Black Lake, 
Assa., June loth, 1891, by Mr. Raine. 
60.1. Little Gull. 
Larus minutus PaLL. 1771. 
A specimen obtained on Sir John Franklin’s first expedition, 
was determined by Mr. Sabine to be a young bird of the first 
year of this species, exactly according with Mr. Temminck’s 
description. (Richardson.) 
XXII. RHODOSTETHIA Maccitrivray. 1842. 
61. Ross’s Gull, Cuneate-tailed Gull. 
Rhodostethia rosea (Macait.) Bonar. 1850. 
This is both a rare anda far northern species. Four specimens 
have been received by the Museum at Copenhagen, from Green- 
land, three of which were shot in Disco Bay, and the fourth near 
the Sukkertop. (Arct. Man.) Two specimens of this gull were 
killed on the coast of Melville Peninsula, on Sir Edward Parry’s 
second voyage. Commander Forster also found this species in 
Waygate Strait, which is probably one of its breeding places. 
(Richardson.) Found breeding at Ekomiut, in the district of 
Christianshaab, Greenland, August 15th, 1885. (Zhe Auk, April, 
7885.) A young bird of this species was taken near St. Michael, 
Norton Sound, on October 15th, 1879. (Velson.) Abundant at 
Point Barrow, autumn visitors only. They appeared in large, loose 
flocks, coming in from the sea from the southwest and evidently 
going northeast. None seen to return in the spring. They 
likely breed north of Wrangel Island. (Muzurdoch.) 
