. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERIVAJ^ lilRDt^. 37 and parts ot. ei. Ross's Gull (From Brehm). times. A large series of tiiis rare and beautiful gull was obtained by Mr. John Mur- doch at Point Barrow in the latter part of September and in October, 1881, and a larger series might have been secured had the weather and other conditions been favorable. In a letter published in the London Dally Chronicle last November, Dr. Nansen, the most recent Arctic explorer, states that he found flocks of the Rosy or Ross's Wedged-taile
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERIVAJ^ lilRDt^. 37 and parts ot. ei. Ross's Gull (From Brehm). times. A large series of tiiis rare and beautiful gull was obtained by Mr. John Mur- doch at Point Barrow in the latter part of September and in October, 1881, and a larger series might have been secured had the weather and other conditions been favorable. In a letter published in the London Dally Chronicle last November, Dr. Nansen, the most recent Arctic explorer, states that he found flocks of the Rosy or Ross's Wedged-tailed Gull on August 6th In lattitude 81" 38' and longitude 63° east. The birds were seen near four small islands called "Hirtenland" by Nansen, a little northeast of Franz Josef Land. He did not actually find the nests, but the birds were so abundant that he concluded that their nests were near by. There seems to be no reason to question the correctness of Nansen's determination or his surmise that the birds were Ijreeding not far away, as the presence of the gulls in such numbers in that high latitude renders it very probable that they were breeding',* 62. SABINE'S GULL. Xema sabiiill Sab. Geog. Dist.—Arctic regions; in North America south to New York, the Great Lakes and Great Salt Lake. The Forked-tailed Gull breeds in the extreme northern portion of North America and Asia, especially on the islands of the Arctic Ocean, depositing its eggs in a de- pression of the sand, which is generally lined witli bits of fine, dry grass; the nest is also often made in beds of moss, with similar lining. This gull is recorded as abundant in the marshes in the neighborhood of St. Michael's, Alaska, where it breeds. Its food consists of worms and insects, which it obtains in mud lakes. On the northwestern coast of Greenland, above Alison Bay, this species has been found * From T. S. Palmer's article: "Nansen's Discovery ot the Breeding Grounds of th«< Rosy ;
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