NOTES. 573 



LARUS DELAWAEENSIS. The young are occasionally seen hovering 

 over the river, opposite the city, in autumn. Breeds in Labrador. 



CHROICOCEPHALUS PHILADELPHIA. The young of this Gull are com- 

 mon in the St. Lawrence during autumn. Adult rare. They are supposed 

 to breed on the islands of the St. Lawrence. 



STERNA WILSONIL The young are common in the autumn. Adult 

 birds are occasionally seen on their way to the upper lakes. 



COLYMBUS TORQUATUS. Common on all our northern lakes. Breeds. 



URIA LOMVIA. This species makes an occasional foolish visit to the fresh 

 waters of the St. Lawrence.' In the fall of 1866, hundreds were destroyed 

 by the inhabitants, who sold them to hucksters to exhibit on the market as 

 an article of food. 



