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on high cliffs ; two pairs nested very near our harbour, but were 

 torn down by the ravens. {Kumelin.) A few specimens taken in 

 the Bay of Fundy, N.B. {Chamberlain.) North Atlantic coast 

 of North America. {A. 0. U. List.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



One specimen, procured at St. John, N. B., by Mr. Chamberlain. 

 48. Nelson's Gull. 



Lotus nelsoni Hensh. 1884. 



Type specimen captured at St. Michael, June 20th, 1877. 

 (Nelson.) Apparently not taken since ; the writer can find no 

 further record. 



47. Great Black-backed Gull. 



Lotus mariniis Linn. 1758. 



Breeds generally throughout Danish Greenland, but most com- 

 monly between lat. 63" and 68° N. {Arct. Man. ) Reeks says 

 that in Newfoundland it builds its nest of grass or rushes most 

 commonly in freshwater ponds or lakes ; it is said to breed com- 

 monly in Labrador and Brewster saw young on Anticosti and be- 

 lieves it breeds there. Jones says it breeds on islands off the 

 coast of Nova Scotia. It is common along the Atlantic coast, 

 and Chamberlain says it resides in New Brunswick. Common in 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence and ascending the river to Lake Ontario 

 where it is occasionally seen. One has been seen in the vicinity 

 of Ottawa, Ont. 



Breeding Notes. — This species breeds on Gannet Island, coast 

 of Labrador, where Mr. Dicks collected for me a number of 

 clutches on June isth, 1895. The nests were built on the rocks 

 and made of sea-weed and usually contained three eggs each. 

 Sometimes only two eggs are found in a nest. (Roine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



One specimen procured at St. John, New Brunswick, by Mr. 

 Chamberlain. 



Seven eggs, one taken on Disco Island, Greenland, by Inspec- 

 tor Anderson in 1894 ; three on Isle de Haute, Nova Scotia, by 

 the light-house keeper, June loth, 1894 ; two from Grand Lake, 

 Nova Scotia, taken May 24th, 1890, by Col. Egan ; one taken on 



