568 LARID.E. 



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 Captain James C. Ross, 

 that this beautiful Gull had then but recently visited the 

 western shores of Ireland. 



Two recent occurrences of this species have been re- 

 corded : one in Durham, by John Hogg, Esq., the other 

 on the Yorkshire coast. 



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 Spitzbergen. 

 In reference to some of the habits of this species, Captain 

 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 con- 

 stant attendant on the flenzing operations of the whale- 

 fishers, where it generally seizes its portion on the wing. 

 It rarely alights in the water, but often sits on the ice, 

 preferring the most elevated situations. Its voice is a 

 loud and disagreeable scream." 



Captain Sabine and Captain James C. Ross, represent 

 this species as being common on the coast of Greenland, 



