Vv’EDG£-TAIL1£D gull. 
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coloured h ^ other species of Gull by its beautiful rose- 
“ jj • its wedge-shaped tail, and its airy flight, 
animal ^^oiparison, the most beautiful of all the 
seen bv frozen regions. Hitherto it has only been 
Sea and utmost confines of the unknown Polar 
here we knew whence it came or whither it went ; but 
althnitoL unexpectedly come upon its native haunt, and 
nests therL fr 189s). to find its 
, here could be no doubt about its breeding in this region.” 
Habits. — Little is known of the habbo ^ 
John Murdoch, of the U.S. Simial Corns j 
of specimens at Point Barrow. He wrhes^-™‘iMn‘^ 
September 28 to October 00 tLer« ^1' Iui88i, from 
exceedingly abundant In 11 "'hen they were 
towards the north-pact • generally moving 
short incursions insh %‘t>S over the sea or making 
the spring migriuons'‘';r seen during 
stragglers were VoticPd }'" •‘’'o l^tit two or three 
the iLse pack ice ^ o September— a few out among 
again abundant t?“ 21, 1882, they were 
appeared iiriame bose flock 
from the south-wee! mi ^ ^ ’ “ming m from the sea and 
They continued in ^ travelling to the north-east, 
wind blew— all follo^'^ several days— while the east 
shore, and nlakin? moving up the 
beach lagoons. AftJ’r V ^’"^tirsions inland at each of the 
October 6th when r ■■ ^P^timber 28th they disappeared till 
On October 9th b’ Srf 7 days, there was a large flight 
of them all day lono- there was a continuous stream 
from the beach and'’'orrac';”® i^P shore a short distance 
A 7 )«£ !e/erg Th ^ swinging in over the land, 
station prevented anv in'vpct- nature of our duties at the 
rom or whither they went n^^bon as to where they came 
le sea, in the west or appeared to come in from 
the coast to the north-P- ‘'>"d travelled along 
‘ Island by either ihc'< "’^to not observed on 
yet the dh- ,J‘'''‘t“’*otte,’ the ‘ Corwin,’ or the 
'nt Barrow in the fall n P'-'O'n which they come to 
here m that part of the wo°!!i*^^ breeding-ground sorae- 
the world. May it not be that some land 
