So BIRDS OF P. E. ISLADD. 
     
    
   
   
    
     as large as a goose—is commtn in the outer 
     
     bays late in the autumn. It lreeds on lonely 
     
     rocky islets. 
     
    

    
     «W's/- 
     
    
   
   
    
     (511115 anh Earns. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Great Black-backed Gull (Lam: marinas) 
     
     is the largest of our Gulls, distinctly marked 
     
     by its blackish-purple mantle. It is a winter 
     
     bird and may be seen sitting on the ice 
     
     floes, while a patch of blue wazer remains, leis- 
     
     urely awaiting the appearance of game. Here it 
     
     is acornpanied by the more active Herring (iulls 
     
     and the small-sized Kittawakes. Black-backs 
     
     are never very common, but even in mid-summer 
     
     a few of the great, lazy birds will be seen sit— 
     
     ting about the broad santlllats of the coast, where 
     
     they feed on the garbage thrown up by the 
     
     waves. Such lonely reefs as St. Peter’s Bar 
     
     are its chief resort. When disturbed, it spreads 
     
     its great wings to the breeze, runs on tip toe 
     
     along the sand, and swings heavily into the air; 
     
     and, flying but a short distance, lights in a pool 
     
    
   
   
    
     with a contented kat/e, Ant/c, while the Herring