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they are rare until the 20th or 25th May, about which time they 
find the ponds and sluggish streams open in the coast country. 
They undoubtedly reach interior localities earlier in the season, 
as spring is considerably earlier there. 
The nest of this species is usually a small cavity in the sand by 
the side of a stream or sheet of water. It also frequently builds 
on a stump or tree, and in such cases dry twigs, hay and mosses 
are used inits construction. A good many sets of eggs were taken 
at Fort Anderson, lat. 68° 30’. (Macfarlane.) 
They nest, like the glaucous gull, upon small islets in ponds and: 
lakes. A bulky nest is prepared of grasses and mosses early in 
June, in which two or three eggs are laid. (JlVe/son.) 
56. Mew Gull. 
Larus canus LINN. 1758. 
Accidental in Wabrador.) (07-U..2s2,) 
57. Heermann Gull. White-headed Gull. 
Larus heermannit Cass. 1852. 
Found in the Gulf of Georgia and along the coasts of Vancouver 
island. (Zord.) Not common in the Gulf of Georgia, though they 
appear toremain during the summer. Four specimens, the young 
of the year, were taken off the mouth of Esquimault harbour in 
the latter part of July by Dr. Hazell of Victoria. (Fanmn.) One 
taken in 1885 on Malcolm island, Gulf of Georgia, B.C. (Dr. G. M. 
Dawson.) 
58. Laughing Gull. 
Larus atricilla Linn. 1758. 
On May 23rd, 1890, a gull was brought to my store. It hadbeen 
shot on Toronto island, and, being unlike any of our native species, 
I had it thoroughly examined, and it proved to be a male laugh- 
ing gull. This, I believe, is the first record of this bird in Ontario. 
(William Cross.) Coastof Nova Scotia. (A. O. U. List.) Asecond 
specimen was taken near Toronto in 1897 and isin Mr. J. H. 
Fleming’s collection, 
