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438 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
62. SABINE'S GULL— Xema sabinii ( Sabine).
Quite a large number of nests of t h i s beautiful g u l l were
found on the seashores of F r a n k l i n Bay, and a few eggs
were also received from the Eskimos of Liverpool Bay.
Several birds were shot at the former point. On the first
of J u l y , 1864, we knocked over three out of a flock of sixty
w h i c h came c i r c l i n g over our encampment. They then
gracefully retired to and alighted i n a pool of water at a
safe distance. One of the three, h a v i n g been merely stunned,
soon recovered, and after two ineffectual attempts made by
one of our I n d i a n collectors to choke her, she again revived,
and as I thought she had well earned her l i b e r t y I set her free.
She flew away slowly towards her friends, who no doubt
welcomed her w i t h demonstrations of great joy, j u d g i n g from,
the noise they made. After a few minutes they all took
their departure, probably to their breeding- grounds.
S i r J o h n Richardson has recorded that they breed on
l ow islands off the west coast of Greenland, and westward
to M e l v i l l e P e n i n s u l a , P o l a r Ocean, latitude 75° 30' north.
N o t h i n g i n the Ottawa Museum under this heading!
7 1 . AECTIC TEEN— Sterna paradiscea Brunn.
This b i r d is equally common w i t h tern N o . 70, and we
might easily have made a considerable collection of eggs
f r om various localities throughout the Anderson R i v e r region.
N e i t h e r species, however, approve of a close p r o x i m i t y of
man to their nests. Richardson states that they breed very
abundantly on the shores of M e l v i l l e P e n i n s u l a and on the
islands and beaches of the A r c t i c Sea.
The D o m i n i o n M u s e um at Ottawa contains two skins taken
on Sable Island, N . S . , August 16th, 1899; also one set of
eggs f r om the Labrador coast, procured f r om M r . R a i n e ; one
f r om Cape P r i n c e of Wales, and another egg f r om Repulse
B a y taken by M r . G u y i n 1896. I n J u l y , 1894, D r . K l o t z,
Astronomer of the Department of the Interior, took a nest
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| OCR | 438 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN 62. SABINE'S GULL— Xema sabinii ( Sabine). Quite a large number of nests of t h i s beautiful g u l l were found on the seashores of F r a n k l i n Bay, and a few eggs were also received from the Eskimos of Liverpool Bay. Several birds were shot at the former point. On the first of J u l y , 1864, we knocked over three out of a flock of sixty w h i c h came c i r c l i n g over our encampment. They then gracefully retired to and alighted i n a pool of water at a safe distance. One of the three, h a v i n g been merely stunned, soon recovered, and after two ineffectual attempts made by one of our I n d i a n collectors to choke her, she again revived, and as I thought she had well earned her l i b e r t y I set her free. She flew away slowly towards her friends, who no doubt welcomed her w i t h demonstrations of great joy, j u d g i n g from, the noise they made. After a few minutes they all took their departure, probably to their breeding- grounds. S i r J o h n Richardson has recorded that they breed on l ow islands off the west coast of Greenland, and westward to M e l v i l l e P e n i n s u l a , P o l a r Ocean, latitude 75° 30' north. N o t h i n g i n the Ottawa Museum under this heading! 7 1 . AECTIC TEEN— Sterna paradiscea Brunn. This b i r d is equally common w i t h tern N o . 70, and we might easily have made a considerable collection of eggs f r om various localities throughout the Anderson R i v e r region. N e i t h e r species, however, approve of a close p r o x i m i t y of man to their nests. Richardson states that they breed very abundantly on the shores of M e l v i l l e P e n i n s u l a and on the islands and beaches of the A r c t i c Sea. The D o m i n i o n M u s e um at Ottawa contains two skins taken on Sable Island, N . S . , August 16th, 1899; also one set of eggs f r om the Labrador coast, procured f r om M r . R a i n e ; one f r om Cape P r i n c e of Wales, and another egg f r om Repulse B a y taken by M r . G u y i n 1896. I n J u l y , 1894, D r . K l o t z, Astronomer of the Department of the Interior, took a nest |
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