and on tlie 19th, when off the 
southern coast of Newfoundland, two or 
three immature Ring-billed Gulls (X. Dela- 
warensis) were easily distinguished from 
the common species (X. Argentatus) that 
followed the steamship Caspian, on which 
vessel I was a passenger.— G. Hart Mer- 
riam, M. D., Locust Grove, New York, 
May 1st, 1883. 0 * &0 * V111 ' 3™***-* 
An Ornithologist's Summer in Labrador 
M. A bbotfc Fr azar. 
Larus delawarensis, Ring-billed Gull. A lew j 
moderate sized colonies of this species were res¬ 
ident in the vicinity of Cape Whittle, but it is a I 
hard bird to depend upon, as they keep shifting j 
about, owing to their being disturbed so often. 
Their nests are like the other gulls, and the 
number of eggs laid never, as far as my expe- j 
rience went, reached beyond three. 
XII, Feb. 1887. p. 
Birds of n.B. coast of Labrador 
by Henry B. Bigelow. 
16 . Larus delawarensis. Ring- 
imen at Port Man vers, Sept. 6. 
billed Gull. — I took one young spec- 
Auk, XIX, Jan., 1902, p.27. 
Birds of Toronto, Ontario. 
3y J arnes K.FI eraing . 
Pt.I, Water 3irds. 
Auk, XXIII, Oct., 1906, p.442. 
17. Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. — Regular migrant, 
March 25 to April 25; and from September 25 to November 16, and pro¬ 
bably later; earliest record August 20, 1890. Said to be a winter resident 
on the lake. 
Xa shot at a gull brought it wounded upon 
the flats, and before a “quietus” could be 
given it, its cries had attracted a large flock, 
and two more fell victims to the greed for 
specimens, which subsequently proved to he 
probably Ring-bills (A. O. U. No. 54) in young 
plumage. 
I am informed by friends in Halifax that 
this is a somewhat unusual occurrence, and 
Mr. Downs, the veteran ornithologist of Nova 
Scotia, never saw it, and does not mention it 
in his list.* This seems rather strange as the 
bird is common on all sides of the province. 
Mr. Harry Austen, of Halifax, who possesses 
one of the birds, writes me that the nearest 
points at which he knows of the bird is on the 
Canadian Lakes, and until further noted we 
must only accept it as a probable addition to „ 
the ListTof the Birds of Nova Scotia. 
X- A ■ 3*J*-*~ - 
Q.&O, 16. August,1890 6 p, / Z* ■ 
* J? '-f} «■ 5 — 
tDrl i — 15 ~ 
Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. — One on the beach 
at Ingonish. (YW, / °> o(, t / y£ , 
