Birds of Southern Greenland, from 
Mss. of A. Hagerup. M. Chamberlain. 
Larus glaucus. Glaucous Gull.— This is a very common species, 
and might be called a resident, for even during the coldest weather some 
individuals are seen daily near the open water, though the examples 
occurring in midwinter are usually young birds. During March and April, 
when the Eiders appear in flocks near the coast and feed on mussels which 
they dive to the bottom for, these Gulls may be observed swimming or fly¬ 
ing amid the Eiders, and as soon as a Duck comes to the surface with a 
mussel, a Gull will make an effort to secure it. 
An adult bird, the first of the season, shot on March 20, 1887, was in 
perfect summer plumage. 
The principal breeding place of this Gull in the vicinity of Iyigtut is 
close by the open sea, near the mouth of the fjord, where they congregate 
in considerable numbers. In August the young birds assemble in the 
fjord, especially near the narrow channels, as at Karsuk and Ellerslie, and 
feed during that month and the next on the berries of Kmpetrum nigrum. 
At that season they are easily shot, and their flesh is of a very savory 
flavor. The breasts of the young of all species of Gull are eaten here as a 
delicacy. 
Auk. TL Jaly. 188©. p. 214 -lib'. 
Birds -within Ten Miles of Point 
de Monts, Gan, Comeau&Merriam 
130. Larus glaucus. Glaucous Gull ; Ice Gull. —Rather rare. 
Usually seen in February, March, and April. I have a handsome male 
which was shot by Mr. Comeau April 29, 1882. 
Bull. N.O.O. 7,Got, 1882, p,240 
Records from Toronto. B.E.T. Seton, 
Glaucus Gull. Larus glaucus.— A fine specimen of this 
Gull was killed in Toronto Bay in the spring of 1884, by Mr. 
George Guest of this city. 
auk, 2, Oot., 18«S. p.387 
An Ornithologist’s Summer in Labrador 
M. Abbott Frazar. 
Larus glaucus, Glaucous Gull. Occasionally, j 
up to the last of May, I would see one of this j 
species, but saw none later than that. Doubt 
if it ever breeds where I was. IT 
{?,<£;O, XII t Feb,1887.p. / //’. 
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Oh/-c<Y'i<) Sty's/ o-t 
Rissa tridactyla. Kittiwake.— Several were taken about Toronto in 
November, 1899. 
W. , ToV'Okh), (V U , 
Auk, XVII, April, 1900, pu77. 
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