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353. Lestris Benickii Brehm = Stercorarius longicaudus. 



Lestris Benickii Brehm, Lehrb. Nalurg. eur. Vog. ii. p. 996 (1824 — Description of a young bird from 

 Querfurth). 



Type : <? first autumn, Querfurth, 19. ix. 1822. 



354. Alca Islandica Brehm = Alca torda. 



Alca Islandica Brehm, Handh. Nat'irr/. Voj. Dentschl. p. 1005 (1831 — Iceland). 

 Type : (J ad., summer, Iceland. 



? 355. Uria polaris Brehm = Uria lomvia lomvia. 



Uria polaris Brehm, Lehrb. Nat. eur. Vog. ii, p. 931 (1824 — In summer northern Greenland, received, 

 from Messrs. Benicke and Schleep). 



Probable type : S ad., Greenland, 14. iv. 1823. 



The only reason which makes it somewhat doubtful if this specimen is the 

 " type," is, that the bill is said to be 7 to 75 " Linien " high, which is hardly the 

 case. 



356. Cephus Meisneri Brehm = Uria grylle grylle. 



Uria Meisneri Brehm, Isis, 1820. p. 985 (Greenland, nomen nudum !) ; Cephus Meisneri, id., Handb. 

 Naturg. Vog. Dentschl. p. 989 (1831— Greenland). 



Type : cj ad. in summer plumage, Greenland. 



357. Cephus Faeroeensis Brehm = Uria grylle grylle. 



Cephus Faeroeensis Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 990 (1831— Faeroe Islands). 



Type : <? ad., moulting into summer plumage, Faeroe Islands, 12. v. 1827. 

 Probably collected by Graba, like most or all specimens from these islands in 

 the Brehm Collection. 



358. Uria glacialis Brehm = Uria grylle mandti Mandt, 1822. 



Uria glacialis Brehm, Lehrb. Nat. eur. Vog. ii. p. 924 (1824 — " Sie bewolmt die zwischen den 

 Eisfeldern des Nordens liegenden Klippen und Felsen Inseln "). 



Type: <? ad., Spitzbergen, 19. vi. 1823. (? Parry leg). 



*359. Mormon Grabae Brehm = Fratercula arctica grabae. 

 (Cf. British Birds, xi. p. 5, 1917.) 

 Mormon Grabae Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Dentschl. p. 999 (1831— Faeroe Islands, etc.). 



Type : An adult specimen labelled Mormon Grabae must be the type, as 

 there are no others. 



360. Rallus minor Brehm = Rallus aquaticus aquaticus. 

 Rallus minor Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 328 (1855— " Hinterpommem "). 



Type : $ Hinterpommem, October 1844. 



