14 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 



LARUS VEGiE 



Vega Gull 



This species appears in small numbers off the coast of Nome dur- 

 ing the early part of September. Among the white-winged Glaucous 

 Gulls their presence is readily detected. 



LARUS CALIFORNICUS 



California Gull 



LARUS DELAWARENSIS 



Ring-billed Gull 



Among the Herring and Western Gulls that followed the ship 

 through the Inside Passage were several California Gulls. At 

 Ketchikan they joined the large mixed flocks of gulls already there. 

 These flocks were made up largely of Ring-bills and Glaucous- 

 winged, but may have contained other California Gulls also. The 

 range of the Cahfornia Gull is not generally considered to include 

 any part of Alaska, but I believe it regularly passes up and down the 

 coast at least as far as this point. I collected one bird there and have 

 seen at least one other skin taken in that locality. 



The Ring-billed Gull is common at Ketchikan, but was not met 

 with elsewhere. 



LARUS BRACHYRHYNCHUS 



Short-billed Gull 



A'^ery common about St. Michael and the Yukon Delta." Not found 

 north of Norton Sound. On the homeward voyage the steamer 

 stopped at St. Michael, September 9. At this date nearly all had 

 left for the south, only one or two being seen. 



XEMA SABINI 



Sabine's Gull 



This exquisite little gull is very plentiful at St. Michael and also 

 quite common at the mouth of the Yukon. It appears to be unevenly 

 distributed although generally numerous in any locality where it 

 occurs at all. None were seen north of St. Michael until Point Hope 

 was reached, where a small flock was seen and one specimen taken. 

 They were next met with a few miles south of Point Barrow. 

 Among a very large flock of Jaegers, Pacific Kittiwakes, and Arctic 

 Terns were about 100 Sabine's Gulls. They were also seen at Cape 

 Serdze, Siberia, where the first young birds were noted on August 



