24 PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, 



FAMILY LARI D JE. The GULLS and TERNS. 

 PAGOPHILA. (Kaup). 



Ivory Gull, Snow Gull (Pagophila alba, Gunn). 

 Dease Lake, Cassiar; Okanagan Lake. 



RISSA. (Stephens). 



Pacific Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla pollicaris, Ridgw). 



Taken at Discovery Island and at Queen Charlotte Islands. 



LARUS. (Linnaeus). 



Glaucous-winged Gull (Lams glaucescens, Naum). 



An abundant resident on the Coast. Breeds on some of the 

 islands in the Gulf of Georgia; also found at Okanagan Lake. 



Point Barrow Glaucous Gull (Larus barrovianus) . 

 Found at Comox. 



Western Gull (Larus Occident alls, And). 



An abundant resident on the Coast during the winter months. 

 Taken at Chilliwhack. Breeds in Similkameen Valley. 



American Herring Gull (Larus argent at us smitJisonianus, Coues). 

 An abundant resident on the Coast. It breeds in the interior 

 of Mainland. Common at Metlakatla, Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



California Gull (Larus calif ornicus, Lawr). 



A common winter resident on the Coast. Common in the Lower 

 Fraser Valley and Okanagan Lake in winter. 



Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis, Ord). 



Common along the coast of Vancouver Island and Mainland, 

 and in winter at Okanagan Lake and Chilliwhack. Breeds in the 

 interior, especially to the northward. 



Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus, Rich). 



Common winter resident along the coast of Vancouver Island 

 and Mainland. Common in Lower Fraser Valley and on the lakes 

 in the Cariboo District. 



