42 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



ally to the northward. I found it on Dease Lake during the 

 summer. {Fannin.) Common in the Lower Fraser valley, and on 

 Lake Okanagan, B.C., in winter. Brooks^ 



Breeding Notes. — Very abundant and breeding in great num- 

 bers on an island in Crane Lake, Assa. Nests on the ground 

 made of dry grass, smaller than those of the Herring Gull. 

 Eggs, never more than three, while a few nests contained only two. 

 A number of the young were hatched by June gth, and the bulk of 

 the nests had young by the i8th June, 1894. This species breeds 

 later than the Herring Gull. A few were observed breeding at 

 Deep Lake, near Indian Head, Assa., June 3rd, 1892. {Spread- 

 borough^ This species breeds at Buffalo Lake, Alberta. {Dippie.') 

 I have found this species breeding at Rush Lake, Assiniboia, 

 and at Shoal Lake, Manitoba. It makes its nest on the ground 

 and lays three eggs. {Raim.) 



museum specimens. 



One taken at Toronto, Ont., by S. Herring in 1882. 



Sixteen eggs. Two of these were taken on an isl^,nd in Lake 

 Manitoba by Mr. Dippie in 1893, and fourteen from an island in 

 Crane Lake by Mr. W. Spreadborough on 9th June, 1894. We 

 have also three eggs from Labrador taken in 1896. 



55. Short-billed Gtill. 



Lotus brachyrhynchus Rich. 183 i. 



A specimen shot in the vicinity of Quebec is now in the museum 

 of Laval University. {Dionne.) More numerous and widely dif- 

 fused than the other gulls. Many nests were procured at Fort 

 Anderson, lat. 68° 30'. {Macfarlane.) Type specimen killed on 

 Bear Lake, May 26th, 1826. {Richardson) This elegant species 

 is abundant over a large part of the Alaskan mainland. Dall 

 found it at Sitka and Kadiak, and from Fort Yukon to the sea 

 along the Yukon River. It is found nesting from the pen- 

 insula of Alaska north to the head of Kotzebiie Sound and from 

 the sea coast region it breeds interiorly over Alaska into 

 British Columbia. {Nelson.) Abundant on the Aleutian Islands. 

 Turner.) A winter resident on the coast of British Columbia ; 

 during the early part of May 1891 I saw quite a number on the 

 lakes of the Cariboo district where it probably breeds. {Fannin.) 

 Common in the Lower Fraser valley, B. C. {Brooks.) 



