CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 4 1 



June, 1889 ; thirteen on an island in Crane Lake, June gth, 1894, 

 by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



52. Vega Gull. 



Larus vegce (Palmen) Stejn. 1888. 



Behring Sea and adjacent waters, south in winter to California 

 and Japan. (A. 0. U. List.) 



53. California Gull. 



Lotus califormcus Lawr. 1854. 



Great Slave Lake, abundant. (Ross!) Quite a number of speci- 

 mens with eggs were received from Eskimos of the Lower 

 Anderson, lat. 68° 30'. {Macfarlane.) Found along the Vancouver 

 JsJ^agd. coast and in the Gulf of Georgia. {Lord.) An abundant 

 resident ; breeds in the interior of British Columbia ; a winter 

 resident along the coast, during which time it appears in great 

 numbers in our harbours. {Fannin.) Common in the Lower 

 Fraser valley and on Lake Okanagan, B.C., in winter. {Brooks.) 



54. Ring-billed GtiU. 



Lotus de law or ensis Ord. 181 5. 



Common throughout the summer at Newfoundland. {Reeks.) 

 Apparently rare around the coasts of Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick, and not very common in the River and Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence. Very common on Lake Ontario at its western end 

 during the winter. {Mcllwraith.) Common at Lake Mistassini, 

 Que., where it breeds. (/. M. Macoun.) Breeds in the vicinity of 

 Hamilton Inlet, east coast of Labrador. {A. P. Low.) Breeds 

 in the small lakes in northern Ontario ; found in the northern 

 part of Addington Co. in 1870, and near Minden, in Victoria Co. 

 in 1868. It bred on islands in the lakes just as it does now in the 

 prairie region, where it is abundant in all large lakes and ponds 

 from Manitoba to the Rocky Mountains and northward. One 

 specimen was taken on Loon Lake, B.C., and it was common on 

 Shuswap Lake, in June, 1889. {Macoun.) A winter resident on 

 the coast of British Columbia ; breeds in the interior, especi- 



