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The eggs were found to vary somewhat in size and color, and were not distinguish- 

 able from those of X. fuscus or L. argentatus. Nor were the notes of this species 

 distinguishable from those of L. cachlnnans or L. argentatus. 



Larus argentatus. 



THE HERRING GULL. 



a. Argentatus. 



Larus cincrcus, Buiss. Orn. VL 1760, 160, pi. 14. 



Lams argentatus, Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 44. — Gmel. S. N. L ii. 1788, 600, et AucT. — Saun- 



DEUS, P. Z. S. 1878, 167 (part). — Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 547 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. 772.— 



EiDGW. Noin. X. Am. B. 1881, no. 666. 

 Larus argentatus, a. argentatus, Coues, B. N. W. 1874, 625. 

 Larus marinus, var. /3, Lath. Ind. Orn. IK 1790, 814. 

 Larus gkmcus, Eetz. Fn. Suec. L 1800, 156 (not of IjRunn. 1764). 

 Larus argenteus, Brehm, Beitr. Vog. IIL 1822, 781, 799 (part). 

 Larus argentatoides, Brehm, t. c. 791, 799 (part). 

 Laroidcs major, Brehm, Vtig. Deutschl. 1831, 738. 

 Laroides argentaceus, Brehm, t. c. 742. 

 ? Laroides americanus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. 1831, 743. 

 • Goeland a manteati gris, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. VIIL 1781, 406, pi. 32; PI. Enl. 253. 



/3. Smithsonianus. 



Larus argentatoides, Brehm, Beitr. Yog. llL 1822, 791, 799 (part). — Sw. & Eich. F. B. A. IL 1831, 



417 (?). 

 Larus argentatus, Bonap. Synop. 1828, 360, no. 300. — Nutt. Man. IL 1834, 304. —AuD. Orn. Biog. 



III. 1835, 588; V. 1839, 638; Synop. 1839, 328; B. Am. VII. 1844, 163, pi. 448. — Lawr. 



in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 844. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 661. —Coues, Key, 1872, 



312. — Saunders, P. Z. S. 1878, 167 (part). 

 Larus Smithsonianus, Coues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1862, 296. 

 Larus argentatus, var. Smithsonianus, Coues, Check List, 1873, no. bil h. 

 Larus argentatus, b. Smithsonianus, Coues, B. N. W. 1874, 625. 

 Larus argenta.tus Smithsonianus^ EiDGW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 666 a. — Coues, 2d Check List, 



1882, no. 773. 



L. argentatus. 



