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LAEUS DELAWAEENSIS. — The young are occasionally seen hovering 

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



CHROICOCEPHALUS PHILADELPHIA. — The young of tliis 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 WILSONII- — The young are common in the autumn. Adult 

 bh-ds are occasionally seen on theu- way to the upper lakes. 



COLTMBUS TOEQUATLS. — Common on all our northern lakes. Breeds. 



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

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

 by the inhabitants, who sold them to hucksters to exhibit on the mai'ket aa 

 an article of food. 



