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Br. Zool. o(ftavo I. p. 396, and Br. Zool. 

 illustr. plate ^-j. fig. 2. and Ed. 96. fig. 2. 

 However, in both these works, it is looked 

 on only as a variety, or different in sex. Mr. 

 Graham has the same opinion. It lives 

 on fish, frequenting the lakes near the sea 

 coast. It lays its eggs in water, and can- 

 not rise off dry land. It is seen about the 

 beginning of June, but migrates south- 

 ward in autumn. It is called Sckeep, by 

 the natives. Its eyes are small, the irides 

 red; it weighs one pound, and measures 

 one foot in length, and one third more in 

 breadth. 



23. Larus. I57. Parasiticus. 226.10. Ardic Gull. 

 Gull, j Br. Zool. Faun. Am. Sept. 16. Edw. 

 148. 149. 



Churchill River, N° 15. 



This species is called a Ma7i of War, at Hud- 

 son's Bay. It seems to be a female, by the 

 dirty white colour of its plumage below; it 

 agrees very well with Edwards's drawing, and 

 that in the Br. Zool. illustr. 



24. Sterna.) 58. Hirundo {Variety), 227. 2. 

 Tern. J The greater Tern. Br. Zool. F'aun. 

 Am. Sept. 



(The number belonging to this bird is lost, per- 

 haps it is N° 1 7, from Churchill River, called 



" A sort 



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