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Larus glaucus Brlinn. 
Glaucous Gull; Burgomaster; “White Winter Gull.” 
Common summer resident in northern Labrador, rare in southern 
Labrador; a few winter. 
Audubon speaking of the southern coast says: “I found this species 
on the coast of Labrador in very small numbers, all paired, in the 
month of July/’ They were very shy and he found no nests. Coues 
saw but few though he was told there was a colony at Esquimaux 
Bay. Packard stated that the bird “ breeds plentifully on the eastern 
and southern coast of Labrador/’ Frazar said: “Occasionally up 
to the last of May, I would see one of this species, but saw none later 
than that. Doubt if it ever breeds where I was” (Cape Whittle). 
Bigelow found the bird common north of Cape Harrison, and partic¬ 
ularly abundant at Port Manvers. Young birds appeared in num¬ 
bers about the end of August. Macoun says that large numbers 
bred on the cliffs at Richmond Gulf in July, 1898. Low found it 
“common throughout the interior; seen May 19th; eggs June 14th.” 
We first met with the Glaucous Gull several miles up St. Lewis 
Inlet on July 12th. Here we saw two or three with a flock of about 
40 Herring Gulls and 15 Great Black-backed Gulls. When first 
seen they were standing on a ledge of rocks near the water. On our 
way north from this point we saw a dozen or more of these birds, and 
the same number on the return trip. We saw none on the southern 
coast. A pair appeared to be breeding on Sloop Island off Hopedale. 
On one high crag rising for some hundreds of feet from the sea, near 
Nain, w T e saw at least four pairs of these snowy birds, evidently nest¬ 
ing. In each case, one of the pair seemed to be sitting on the nest 
where a slight ledge made possible a growth of green plants, while 
near by stood the mate, basking in the afternoon sunlight. Several 
times we saw them flying about the ice floes or perched on the shelf 
of an iceberg. Most of them showed the pearl gray mantle of the 
adult, while several, presumably immature birds, were of a uniform 
white with a slight but distinct buffy tint and the plumage showed 
dirty brownish patches in places. They gave the impression of 
slightly soiled white birds. Their call note which we heard only on 
one occasion was a sharp kuh huh. Mr. Schmitt at Nain had found 
the eggs of this species from the end of June to the middle of July. 
