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island. It breeds on steep cliffs in companies up to 20 pairs. 

 {E. Bay.) A few were seen on the river near Moose Factory and 

 numbers on James bay in 1903. (Spreadborough) Large numbers 

 were found breeding on the ledges of high cliffs at Richmond 

 gulf, Hudson bay, in July, 1898. The common big gull of the 

 north ; a specimen opened by Mr. Halkett, had fish bones and 

 surface amphipods in its stomach. {^A. P. Low.) Not rare on 

 Hudson strait ; breeds plentifully on the eastern and southern 

 coasts of Labrador. {Packard.) We found burgomasters common 

 north of Cape Harrison, Labrador, though they never gathered in 

 flocks. {Bigelow.) Common along the Atlantic coast from Green- 

 land to Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Southward it is rare and only in 

 winter. {Jones.) One shot in St. John harbour, N.B. {Chamberlain.) 

 Common in the river and gulf of St. Lawrence. {Dioniw ; Dr. 

 Hall.) On Dec. 2nd, 1905, the watchman at the Dominion 

 rifle range, Ottawa, took a specimen in immature plumage. 

 {Eifrig.) Regular winter resident at Toronto, Ont. Not common. 

 {J. H. Fleming!) Mr. Will Elson shot a female of the second 

 year, Feb. 1st, 1906, about six miles west of London, Ont. It 

 was perched on the remains of a dead cow. {W. Saunders^ 

 During the winter months this bird is not an infrequent • 

 visitor to Lake Ontario. It was shot at Toronto in 1884 and 

 1889. {Mcllwraith) Abundant on Great Slave lake. {Ross.) 

 A great many of these gulls nest in Cumberland gulf and are 

 common in other places. {Kumelin.) 



Breeding Notes. — Altogether some twenty nests of this 

 species were gathered, chiefly on sandy islets in the bays of 

 Franklin and Liverpool ; a few of these were also found on 

 islands in the lower Anderson. Fifteen of the nests contained 

 two eggs each, but five had as many as three. The nest was 

 usually a shallow depression in the beach. In one of them we 

 discovered an egg of the black brant. {Macfarlane) 



In the summer of 1896 this species was found breeding by the. 

 large lakes in northern Ungava. {Spreadborough.) 



42a. Point Barrow Glaucous Gull. Western Glaucous 

 Gull. 



Larus barrovianus Ridgw. 1886. 

 I shot an immature specimen of this gull in Comox bay, Vancou- 

 ver island, December 13th, 1903. {Brooks) All the islands of 



