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In 1924 a few were noted in mid-July off the Labrador coast. They 
were not again observed until August 18, when a flock of twenty were seen 
in Cumberland sound between Kekerten islands and Blacklead island. 
In about the same region of the gulf fully a hundred were met with on 
September 8. On December 24, 1925, one was seen flying over an open 
tide-rift near the entrance to Pangnirtung fiord. 
J. C. Ross (1835, p. XXXV) states that they breed in Prince Regent 
inlet. Ivumlien (1879, p. 100) says of this species: 
“In Cumberland they are by far the most common gull, and in fact the most abundant 
species in fall, but so far as I could learn do not breed there ... 1 did not see a single 
Kittiwake in the upper Cumberland waters during spring and summer, where there were 
thousands the previous autumn.” 
Low (1906, p. 315) says that the species is not very common in the 
northern part of Hudson bay or elsewhere in the north. This species was 
not noted by Hantzsch. 
15. Larus hyperboreus Gunncrus. glaucous gull. 
Eskimo: Nowyah ; Navja, according to Hantzsch. 
In 1923 an example of this gull was collected on September 2 at Salmon 
river, Ponds inlet. Birds supposed to be of this species were observed 
along the east Baffin coast and in Cumberland sound. 
On August 1, 1924, eight specimens were collected at a nesting cliff 
at the entrance to Midlualik bay, Issortukdjuak fiord. All the gulls 
frequenting the cliff at this time appeared to be females. The species was 
observed to be common everywhere in Cumberland Sound region during 
the summer and autumn. The last observed in 1924 was seen about 
November 9 in Pangnirtung fiord. 
In the spring of 1925 the first glaucous gulls were seen on April 29 
in Nettilling fiord. At Nettilling lake the first were observed on May 24, 
1925, at Takuirbing river. They were seen sparingly in this locality 
throughout the summer and were commonly observed along the south 
coast of the lake during late August. The species was much scarcer on the 
west coast and on Koukjuak river, where it was replaced by the herring gull. 
Many were observed in the middle of May, 1926, along the floe-edge 
between Tikkoat islands and cape Dorset. The species was commonly 
seen throughout the summer in Cape Dorset region. They were found 
nesting on a cliff of one of Fox islands in Gordon bay on June 19, 1926. 
At this date the eggs were fresh. This same cliff was also occupied by 
herring and Ivumlien gulls. Specimens were collected at cape Dorset, 
Fox islands, Amadjuak bay, and Nettilling lake. 
J. C. Ross (1826, p. 103) noted the bird as common at port Bowen in 
June, 1825. Kumlien (1879, pp. 95-96) records them as being very common 
and as nesting in Cumberland sound. He states that they are the most 
abundant gull in this region during the summer. Low (1906, p. 315) 
writes that this species is the common big gull of the north. Hantzsch 
(1914, pp. 159-160) recorded the species at Nettilling fiord in May, 1910, 
where the Eskimo reported the birds nested in large numbers on the cliffs 
at the sarbuk near Teljiaralik. On June 14, he noted a pair of birds at 
a nesting place on a high steep rock at Amittok lake, but no eggs had yet 
been laid. Eggs of this gull were taken by the MacMillan expedition in 
the region of Bowdoin harbour. Specimens were collected by Burwash 
at cape Dorset in the summer of 1924. 
