80 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. LNo.22, 



ward to the Barren Grounds. An immature female was collected on 

 the Barren Grounds :")() miles below Cape Eskimo August S. 



Larus frankliui Sw. and Rich. Franklin (tuU. 



Asjx'ciraen of this gull from Hayes River, Hudson Bay, is recorded 

 in the British ^luseum Catalogue. It breeds about Lake Winnipeg, 

 and prol)abl}' at other points in southwestern Keewatini 



Larus Philadelphia (Ord). Bonaparte Gull. 



Common on Lake.Winnipeg June 15 to 17. Several were seen near 

 the outlet of Sw ampj' Lake July 7, and one was collected on Hayes 

 River July 9. They were also common on Hudson Bay, especially in 

 the vicinity of Fort Churchill, where immature birds were numerous 

 July ^5 to 30. On our southward trip we saw a few of these gulls on 

 Knee Lake September 6. 



The species is recorded from Severn House by Murray," and from 

 several places on Hudson Baj^ by various other authors. 



Rhodostethia rosea (Macgil.). Ross Gull. 



The first known specimen of this beautiful species was killed at 

 Alagnak, ^Melville Peninsula, hy James Clark Ross, in June, 1823, 

 during Parry's second voyage. Another was shot a few days later by 

 another officer attached to the same expedition. These two birds 

 served as the basis of Richardson's description of Larus rossi!,^ but this 

 name is antedated by Zitnis i-osciis, inadvertently bestowed by Mac- 

 gillivray previously. J. C. Ross later recorded it from Boothia Felix." 

 The species does not sconi to have been since taken in the Hudson Bay 

 region. 



Xema sabinii (Sab.). Sabine Gull. 



In the Zoological Appendix to Parry's Second Voyage, Richardson 

 speaks of many specimens being procured at Winter Island, Melville 

 Peninsula.* J. E. Harting mentions a pair in breeding plumage 

 obtained off Melville Peninsula and presented to the University 

 Museum at Oxford by John Barrow. "^ Field en reports a specimen in 

 full breeding plumage which was obtained by Captain Markham near 

 York Factor\" in August, ISSlj." The catalogue of birds in the U. S. 

 National Museum collection records a specimen (No. 13715) which was 

 collected at Norway House by Robert Kennicott. The original 

 description was based on a specimen from the west coast of Greenland. 



oEdin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser. ), IX, p. 321, 1859. 

 ''Appendix to Parry's Second Voyage, p. 360, 1825 (1827). 

 ^Appendix to Boss's Second Voyage, p. xxxvi, 1835. 

 (Troc. Zool. Soo. of London, p. Ill, 1871. 

 e Transactions Norwich Soc, IV, p. 351, 1887. 



