sabine’s gull. 
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SABINE’S GULL. 
LARUS SABINI. 
This Gull is of so rare occurrence in Great,. Britain, that 
we figure and describe it in order to enable our subscribers to 
compare notes if they should be so fortunate as to obtain a 
British killed specimen. 
The only specimens obtained in Britain, are two birds 
in the plumage of the first year, that were killed on the 
coast of Ireland, and may be seen in the museums of the 
Natural History Society of Belfast, and the Royal Society 
of Dublin. 
Sabine’s Gull inhabits the countries situated in and 
about the Arctic circle, and only descends accidentally as 
far as our latitudes. In Greenland and Melville Island 
this bird is numerous, and it was in the former country 
that it was observed by Captain Sabine, whose name it 
bears. 
One specimen is mentioned as having been captured 
