IVORY GULL. 587 



Society by Lawrence Edmonston, Esq., who presented 

 the specimen to the Edinburgh Museum. Another ex^ 

 ample is noticed by Mr. Selby as having been killed in 

 the Frith of Clyde. The late Joseph Sabine, Esq., early 

 in the year 1834, sent notice to Sir James C. Ross, 

 that this beautiful Gull had then but recently visited the 

 western shores of Ireland. Another has been taken at 

 Gal way. 



Three more recent occurrences of this species have been 

 recorded : one in Durham, by John Hogg, Esq., another 

 on the Yorkshire coast, and the other at Banff. 



Though a rare bird on our southern coast, it has been 

 procured near Torquay, and more than once at Saint 

 Leonards, Sussex. 



M. Temminck mentions in his Manual having himself 

 killed a bird of this species, which was entirely white, in 

 spring, on the coast of Holland. M. Vieillot says it has 

 appeared on the coast of France, though very rarely, and 

 one specimen was killed in winter, some years since, 

 near Lausanne, which has been recorded by M. Necker, 

 and also by Dr. Schinz. Professor Nilsson says, this 

 rare Gull appears occasionally in winter both in Sweden 

 and in the northern parts of Scandinavia. The Ivory 

 Gull is best known in high northern latitudes, and has 

 been found in summer at Nova Zembla and at Spits- 

 bergen. In reference to some of the habits of this spe- 

 cies, the Rev. W. Scoresby, in his account of the Arctic 

 Regions, says, that this Gull, " though so delicate in its 

 appearance, is almost as ravenous as the Fulmar Petrel, 

 and as little nice in its food. It is, however, more cautious. 

 It is a constant attendant on the flenzing operations of 

 the whale-fishers, where it generally seizes its portion on 

 the wing." 



Colonel Sabine and Sir James C. Ross represent this 



