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breeds abundantly on the Near Islands, and has been taken at 

 Sitka and Kadiak, and extends south to California. The centre 

 of abundance of this species during summer may be located 

 along the Aleutian Islands. {Nelson.) Occurs sparingly at St. 

 Michael, but is more common on the Aleutian Islands and 

 Kadiak. (Turner.) Common at Port Clarence, Alaska. {Dr. 

 Bean) 



An abundant resident in British Columbia ; breeds on some of 

 the islands in the Gulf of Georgia ; frequents our harbours 

 during the winter months. {Fannin) An abundant winter resi- 

 dent in the Lower Fraser valley and on Lake Okanagan, B. C. 

 {Brooks.) Abundant in Burrard Inlet, B.C., in April, 1889 > very 

 abundant in the Gulf of Georgia from Victoria to Comox in 

 April, 1887. {Macoun.) 



Breeding Notes. — The usual nesting places of this Gull are 

 -the faces of rugged cliffs, at whose base the waves are continually 

 breaking, and where the coast exposes its wildest and most broken 

 outline. On the other hand, Mr. Dall relates that about the i8th 

 of July, at Coal Harbour on the Shumagins, on a peculiar, high, 

 round island, abundance of eggs were found, but most of them 

 pretty well incubated. In this case, the island being covered with 

 tall rank grass, the nests were almost concealed, and, either from 

 the dead grass naturally occurring in the depressions, or otherwise, 

 all of them had more or less dry grass in and about them. The 

 gulls built solely on the top of the highest part of the island, in 

 the grass, and never on the lower portions near the shore, nor on 

 the shelves of the rocky and precipitous sides. {Nelson.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three fine specimens, taken by Mr. John Fannin near Victoria^ 

 Vancouver Island, January, 1896. 



Three eggs, or a full set, of this species were taken on Mittle- 

 natch Island, off the west coast of Vancouver Island, by Dr. C. F. 

 Newcombe, June i8th, 1896. 



-45. Kumlien's Gull. 



Larus kumlieni Brewst. 1883. 



This species is quite common in the upper waters of Cumber- 

 land Gulf, where it breeds ; arrived with the open water and 

 soon began nesting ; the nest was placed on the shelving rocks 



