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14. *Lakus glaucus, Fabricius. 



Payer, op. cit., ii. p. 90; Feilden, t. c, p. 209; Neale, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1882, pp. 652, 653 ; Nansen, op. cit., ii. pp. 326, 331, 349, 414. 



The Glaucous Gull has been observed by all those who 

 have visited Franz Josef Land, where it seems to be widely 

 distributed. 



Dr Neale found it breeding at Bell Island and at Cape 

 Flora. 



Dr Nansen observed it at Frederick Jackson Island in the 

 spring of 1896 ; and probably the birds seen by him in the 

 north-eastern portion of the archipelago, and regarded as 

 Herring- Gulls, were of this species. He has recently in- 

 formed us that the surprising statement (pp. cit, ii. p. 308) 

 that on the 4th of August 1895, " on the north side of the 

 island [Torup Island] we found a breeding-place of numbers 

 of Black-backed Gulls " was due to an error of his translator. 

 The birds were Glaucous Gulls. 



Dr Neale tells us that these Gulls remained at Cape Flora 

 in the autumn of 1881 until the end of October. Sir 

 Clements Markham {Proc. Boy. Geog. Soc, v. p. 216), quot- 

 ing from Mr Leigh Smith's diary, notes their return on the 

 5th of March 1882. 



[The Glaucous Gull is quite a common bird in Franz 

 Josef Land : both the eggs and young were taken by us. 

 — W. S. B.] 



15. *Pagophila eburnea (Phipps). 



Payer, op. cit., ii. p. 90; Feilden, t. c, p. 210; Neale, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1882, pp. 652, 653; Nansen, op. cit., ii. pp. 284, 295, 304, 

 326, 414. 



Three chicks and an addled egg of the Ivory Gull are 

 in Mr Bruce's collection. These specimens were obtained 

 on the low-lying ground at Cape Mary Harmsworth on 

 the 7th of August 1897. One of the chicks obtained is 

 only a few days old, and the other two, though older, are 

 still in the dowDy stage. The feet and bills of these young 

 birds strike one as being much coarser and larger than 

 those of other Gulls of the same age. 



Dr Neale mentions Cape Flora as a nesting-place, but 



