10 Catalogue of Canadian Birds. 



Larus californicus. 



CALIFORNIA GtTLL. 



Occurs on the west coast of Vancouver Island and northward. 



Larus delawarensis. 



KING-BILLED GULL. 



This species is abundant in the larger lakes of the interior, 

 especially the saline lakes of the Great Plains, but is rare along 

 the sea coasts. 



Larus brachyrhynchus. 



SHORT-I5ILLED GULL. 



Occurs on the west coast of Vancouver Island and among 

 the Queen Charlotte Islands, and has been taken, also, in Hud- 

 son's Bay. 



Larus c^nus. 



MEW GULL. 



A bird of the Eastern Hemisphere that has occasionally been 

 met with on the Labrador coast. 



Larus heermanni. 



HEERMANN'S GULL. 



A bird of the Pacific ; occurs from the Strait of Georgia 

 northward. 



Larus atricilla. 



LAUGHING GULL. 



A southern species, that is found occasionally in the Bay of 

 ^ Fundy. Dr. Morris Gibbs gives it as "very abundant" in his 



