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Manan, N.^. {Chamberlain.) Coast of Labrador. (Dionne.') Seen 

 on the edge of the ice in Hudson Bay near Great Whale River in 

 spring and winter. {A.P. Low.) Occasionally seen on Lake Ontario. 

 I succeeded after two season's work in obtaining a fine specimen 

 of an adult male by getting the fishermen to attach a long line 

 to the stern of their boat with a hook at the end baited with 

 cisco. {Mcllwraith.) 



Circumpolar ; eggs obtained on Cape Krabbe, lat. 'jy° 25' N. 

 (Arct. Man.) This beautiful gull frequents Davis Strait, Baffin 

 Bay, and various parts of the northern shores of the American 

 continent, breeding in great numbers on the high perforated 

 cliffs which form the extremity of Cape Parry, in lat. 70°. {Rich- 

 ardson?) A rare visitor at Point Barrow ; only two being seen in 

 the spring, but more common in the autumn. (Murdoch.) Very 

 common in Kingwah Fjord and vicinity just before it froze up, 

 for a few days only ; none seen in spring ; does not breed in 

 Cumberland Gulf. (KumeNn.) One specimen taken at Dease 

 Lake, Cassiar, B. C, by Mr. James Porter, in September, 1889. 

 f Fannin.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



The specimen in our collection was taken on the Atlantic coast 

 in 1884. 



XXL RISSA Stephens. 1825. 



40. Kittiwake Gull, 



Rissa tridactyla (Linn.) Bonap. 1838. 



Breeds in both Inspectorates, but more commonly in the south- 

 ern part of Greenland. (Arct. Man.) Common along the Atlantic 

 coast, south from Greenland, especially in winter. A rather com- 

 mon resident in New Brunswick. {Chamberlain.) Breeding in 

 considerable numbers at Bird Rocks and on the limestone cliffs 

 at Wreck Bay, Anticosti. {Brewster) Breeds plentifully on the 

 northern portions of the Atlantic coast of Labrador ; Verrill 

 reports them breeding in immense numbers on the eastern and 

 northern shores of Anticosti. {Packard) Common off Great 

 Whale River, Hudson Bay, on the edge of the ice in the winter of 

 1898-99. {A. P. Low) Quite common on the River St. Lawrence. 

 Dionne}., and reaching the western end of Lake Ontario in con- 

 siderable numbers. Mcllwraith.) 



