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on Crane Lake, Saskatchewan, in June, 1894. He had pre- 

 viously observed them in Gull Lake, Victoria, Ontario, iu 

 1868, and in 1870 in Addington County, of the same Pro- 

 vince. Gull nests as a rule are a mere cavity in the ground, 

 scantily lined with a few withered weeds and grasses, and 

 contain two and three eggs each. They are of a light blue 

 colour and generally unspotted. The Dominion Museum 

 holds but one skin, taken at Toronto by Mr. S. Herring in 

 1884, and thirteen eggs, mostly from Crane Lake, secured 

 by Mr. W. Spreadborough the same season! 



54. EiiiTG-BiLLED GuLL — Lariis delawarensis (Ord). 



This species is believed to breed in Cumberland and 

 British Columbia. There is no mention of it among the 

 Anderson collections, nor was it met with on the Anderson ; 

 neither does it figure in Mr. Eoss's list. It is, however, fairly 

 common in British Columbia. Mr. W. Spreadborough found 

 this gull very abundant, breeding in great numbers on an 

 island in Crane Lake. ISTest on the ground, made of dry grass ; 

 eggs smaller than those of the herring gull, but never more 

 than three, often only two in number. The Ottawa collection 

 contains only one specimen ( ! ) , taken by Mr. Herring in 

 Toronto,- season 1882, and sixteen eggs from Lake Manitoba, 

 Crane Lake and Labrador, in the years 1893, 1894 and 1895. 



59. Feanklin's Gull — Larus franklinii (Swainson and 

 Eichardson) . 



A male example of this rosy gull was shot near Cum- 

 berland House early in June, 1890. It was forwarded to 

 Washington, where it was duly identified ,by the late lamented 

 Major Charles E. Bendire, the Curator in charge of the 

 Oological Department of the U. S. JSTational Museum. Al- 

 though we failed to secure any skins or eggs of this species, 

 there is reason to believe that this beautiful bird breeds in 

 Canada's Arctic America. It is also said to be abundant in 

 Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, where it breeds. 



