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Winnipeg (Hine). North, in summer, to Lake Winnipeg (Brewer). 

 Breeding in all the lakes of any size (Macoun). 



12. Larus franklini. Franklin's Gull. Rosy Gull. 



Summer resident about the large lakes. Winnipeg: Summer resident; 

 abundant; breeding in the prairie marshes of the neighborhood (Hine). 

 Swamp Island: 1885, first seen, two, on May 28; next seen, May 29, 

 after which it was common ; it breeds here, and is an abundant summer 

 resident ; in fall, last seen September 25 ; 1886, first seen, six, on May 

 18; bulk arrived May 20 (Plunkett). Breeding at Selkirk Settlement, 

 Red River Settlement, and in numbers at Swan Creek, Oak Point, 

 Lake Manitoba (D. Gunn). Shoal Lake: May 15, 1887; common 

 (Christy). Portage la Prairie : Common in spring migration ; in 1884, 

 first seen April 21 (Nash). Breeding abundantly on Lake Winnepe- 

 gosis, 1881 (Macoun). Carberry : A common spring migrant (Thompson). 

 Turtle Mountain : Young (Coues). Shell River : 1885, " Black-Headed 

 Gull," first seen, two, on April 24; next seen, nine, on May 2 ; a tran- 

 sient visitant passing north and not remaining any time or breeding 

 (Calcutt). 



13. Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte's Gull. 



Summer resident about the larger lakes. Winnipeg: Tolerably com- 

 mon here in tall (Hine). A few breeding in the marsh of Swan Creek, 

 not far from Shoal Lake (D. Gunn). Breeding in great abundance on 

 all the large lakes of the prairie region, chiefly west of Manitoba 

 (Macoun). One in S riithsonian Institution from Nelson River (Blakis- 

 ton). Portage la Prairie: Abundant during the spring migration, and 

 some probably stay to breeii, as I have occasionally seen single birds 

 about the prairie sloughs during the summer (Nash). Severn House; 

 fortunately several specimens of this gull have been received; it is 

 rare in collections, but would appear not to be so in Hudson's Bay 

 (Murray). 



14. Sterna forsteri. Forster's Tern. 



Summer resident about the large lakes ; bi ceding in large numbers 

 on the b )rders of Lake Winnipeg in the latter part of May; at Shoal 

 Lake, saw Forster's terns in considerable numbers; they nest among 

 the reeds ; Selkirk Settlement (D. Gunn). Shoal Lake, May 15; com- 

 mon (Christy). Breeding abundantly in Lake Manitoba, Waterhen 

 River, and Lake Winnepegosis (Macoun). Portage la Prairie : Abund- 

 ant during the spring and autumn migrations; probably breeds, as I 

 have seen a few in summer (Nash). 



15. Sterna hirundo. Common Tern. Sea Swallow. 



Common summer resident on the large lakes ; feeding largely on small 

 fish. Winnipeg: Summer resident; tolerably common (Hine). One 



