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lice of Soa-GuUs; hut iniily on the 2il the air was HUod with mmihors of this siiooics 

 wliicli had airivt'd (hiriii),' the ni},'lit. Thi' let' hinders conchidt'd from the siuhh'n 

 ;i|i]ii'aran('(! of tiic l)irds tliat shoals of codtish must havo arrived on tho coast, and it 

 was soon found that this eonjeeture was correct. And tliere, where but a short tinio 

 liefore an ornithoh)gical <iuict had rcij,'ned, everything became enlivened by the coming 

 of these binls, which hovered over the nets without intermission, and with incessant 

 cries. Fabcr afterward heard that this [)articidar species of Gull had been very 

 scarce during that winter on the northern coast, owing to the prevalence of ice. The 

 liirds seen by him remained on the iiouthern coast until the middle of May, when 

 tlicy all departed northward to their breeding-places. 



During tht; winter these (Julls were Faber's weather-guide. If they swam nisar 

 tlie shore with their feathers puffed out, then on the following ihiy storms and snow 

 were to be expected. In fine weather the birds soared high in the air. These (Julls 

 (ilten sat by hundreds on a piece of ice, and in this way were driftiul many miles. 

 Their habits differ from tho.se of the Glaucous Gull, which moves with more energy, 

 while the leuroptenis in its flight and deportment is the more graceful of the two. 

 Tiie latter is saitl to hover over its prey, to be somewhat greedy, always active, and 

 never afraid to tight for its food with antagonists of equal or even superior strength. 



Mr. Wolley kept one of these Gulls alive for several weeks when in Iceland. It 

 had been caught with a lish-hook, and in a day or two became so tame as to eat in 

 his i)resence. 



Audubon observed but few birds of this species on the coast of Labrador, nor did 

 lu! think that any were breeding there at the time of his visit. Their flight he speaks 

 of as being similar to tluat of the Herring Gull, while the humptefun is less shy, pro- 

 ceeds farther up rivers and creeks, and its notes arc neither so loud nor so often heard 

 as those of the other species. 



Yarrell describes the egg of this Gull as being 2.00 inches in length by l.To in 

 breadth, and of a pale greenish-white color, with numerous spots, and speaks of two 

 shades of brown, with other spots of a bluish gray scatrered generally over the 

 surface. 



Mr. MacFarlano i)rocured several sets of the eggs of this species on the Arctic 

 coast in July, 18G3, and again in July, 18C5. 



Larus KumlienL 



KUMUEM'S GULL. 



f Lints {Olaucus) glaucescens, Bp.uch, J. f. O. 1853, 101 (part ? ; nee L. glmccesams, Naum. 1840). 

 t Liini.i (Laroklex) chnlcoplcrm, Ukucii, J. f. O. 1855, 22 ([lait?). 



f Ln-Hs chalcoptcms, LAwn. in Bainl's H. N. Am. 1858, 843. — CouEs, Pr. Phil. Ac. 1862, 295. 

 Lmis glnitcesmis, Kitml. Hull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. l.">, 1879, 98 (iiec Naum. 1840). — Duewst. 



Bull. N. O. C. VIII. no. 2, April, 1883, 125. 

 Lcirivs Kiim/icni, Bukwst. Bull. N. O. C. VIII. no. 4, Oct. 1883, 216. — Pauk, The Auk, Vol. I. 



April, 1884, 196. 



IIab. North Atlantic coast of North America ; breeding in Cumberland Gulf (Kumlien), and 

 vi.iitinf,' the northern Atlantic coast of the United States in winter. Grand Menan and Bay of 

 Fuiiily (Brewster) ; moutli of Mohawk River, New York, Jan. 27, 1884 (Park). 



Sp. ChjVR. Adult $ , in mmmer (No. 76225, U. S. Nat. Mus., Cmnberland Sound, June 14, 

 1B78 ; L. Kcmlien) : Head, neck, lower rump, upper tail-coverts, tail, and entire lower parts pure 

 white ; mantle and winga delicate pale pearl-blue, exactly as in L. leucoptcrus (and in the paler 

 specimens of L. argentatus). Secondaries very broadly and very abruptly tipped with pur« white. 



