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ward. I found it on Dease lake during the summer. (Fanmnzn.) 
Common in the lower Fraser valley, and on Lake Okanagan, B.C. 
in winter. (Bvooks.) One observed at Douglas, B.C., 1906. 
(Spreadborough.) 
BREEDING Nores.—Very abundant and breeding in great num- 
bers on an island in Crane lake. Nests on the ground made of 
dry grass, smaller than those of the herring gull. Eggs, never 
more than three, while a few nests contained only two. A num- 
ber of the young were hatched by June oth, and the bulk of the 
nests had young by the 18th June, 1894. This species breeds later 
than the herring gull. A few were observed breeding at Deep 
lake, near Indian Head, Sask., June 3rd, 1892. (Spreadborough.) 
This species breeds at Buffalo lake, Alberta. (Dzppie.) I have 
found this species breeding at Rush lake, Sask., and at Shoal lake, 
Manitoba. It makes its nest on the ground and lays three eggs. 
(Raine.) 
55. Short-billed Gull. 
Larus brachyrhynchus Rick. 1831. 
A specimen shot in the vicinity of Quebec is now in the museum 
of Laval University. (Dzonne.) More numerous and widely dif- 
fused than the other gulls. Many nests were procured at Fort 
Anderson, lat. 68° 30’. (Macfarlane.) Type specimen killed on 
Bear lake, May 26th, 1826. (Azchardson.) A winter resident on 
the coast of British Columbia; during the early part of May, I8q1, 
I saw quite a number on the lakes of the Cariboo district where 
it probably breeds. (Fannin.) Common in the lower Fraser 
valley, B.C. (Bvooks.) This elegant species is abundant over a 
large part of the Alaskan mainland. Dall found it at Sitka and 
Kadiak, and from Fort Yukon to the sea along the Yukon river. 
It is found nesting from the peninsula of Alaska north to the 
head of Kotzebue sound and from the coast region it breeds 
interiorly over Alaska into British Columbia. (JVe/son.) From 
Lake Marsh, Yukon, down the Yukon to below Little Salmon 
river and then at St. Michael. (Bzshop.) Abundant on the Aleutian 
islands. (Zurner.) 
. BREEDING Notes.—At the Yukon mouth and St. Michael, May 
14th is the earliest date they were noticed in spring. Asa rule, 
