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B I R D S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 437
1865. Very rare i n Canadian continental territory. But in
course of Captains S i r J o h n Ross's and S i r Edward Parry's
first Arctic exploratory voyages, many specimens of this gull
were obtained i n Davis Strait, Baffin Bay and at Melville
Island. This species is far less common i n Cumberland
O u l f than the glaucous gull. On the Greenland coast, however,
i t is said to be the most common except the kittiwake.
There are neither skins nor eggs thereof i n the Ottawa collection.
53. CALIFORNIA GULL— Larus californicus Laurence.
Quite a number of specimens with eggs were received
from the Lower Anderson Eskimos, and one or two nests were
also found on the margin of small lakes i n the vicinity of
the Fort. According to M r . B . R. Ross this species was
abundant on Great Slave Lake. Also found along the coast
of Vancouver Island, B . C . , and it breeds i n the interior of
that Province. The Ottawa Museum does not possess a
single specimen egg or b i r d olj this species.
55. SHORT- BILLED GULL— Larus brachyrhynchus
( Richardson). .
More numerous and widely diffused than the three preceding
species ( Nos. 53, 51a and 43). Its nest is usually
a small cavity i n the sand by the side of a running stream
or pond of water, but it also frequently builds on a stump
or tree, and i n such cases small dry twigs, hay and moss are
used i n its construction. A goodly number of birds and
eggs were collected at Fort Anderson. The parents d i d their
very utmost to drive away intruders. On one occasion in
the " Barrens " we wounded a male which a female Stercorarius
parasiticus set upon as he fell into the water, evidently
with no friendly intentions. But another shot k i l l e d both.
The Ottawa Museum has a fine pair of skins taken i n V i c toria
Harbour, B . C . , i n January, 1896, by M r . J o h n Tannin,
but no eggs.
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| OCR | B I R D S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 437 1865. Very rare i n Canadian continental territory. But in course of Captains S i r J o h n Ross's and S i r Edward Parry's first Arctic exploratory voyages, many specimens of this gull were obtained i n Davis Strait, Baffin Bay and at Melville Island. This species is far less common i n Cumberland O u l f than the glaucous gull. On the Greenland coast, however, i t is said to be the most common except the kittiwake. There are neither skins nor eggs thereof i n the Ottawa collection. 53. CALIFORNIA GULL— Larus californicus Laurence. Quite a number of specimens with eggs were received from the Lower Anderson Eskimos, and one or two nests were also found on the margin of small lakes i n the vicinity of the Fort. According to M r . B . R. Ross this species was abundant on Great Slave Lake. Also found along the coast of Vancouver Island, B . C . , and it breeds i n the interior of that Province. The Ottawa Museum does not possess a single specimen egg or b i r d olj this species. 55. SHORT- BILLED GULL— Larus brachyrhynchus ( Richardson). . More numerous and widely diffused than the three preceding species ( Nos. 53, 51a and 43). Its nest is usually a small cavity i n the sand by the side of a running stream or pond of water, but it also frequently builds on a stump or tree, and i n such cases small dry twigs, hay and moss are used i n its construction. A goodly number of birds and eggs were collected at Fort Anderson. The parents d i d their very utmost to drive away intruders. On one occasion in the " Barrens " we wounded a male which a female Stercorarius parasiticus set upon as he fell into the water, evidently with no friendly intentions. But another shot k i l l e d both. The Ottawa Museum has a fine pair of skins taken i n V i c toria Harbour, B . C . , i n January, 1896, by M r . J o h n Tannin, but no eggs. |
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