No. 4.] COUES'S ORNITII. r.Il!Ll()(il{AlMIV LARID^. 1017 



1876. Saundkks, II. Ou the Sterc(ir;iriiii;i; or Skiui (iiills. < /'. Z. S., Mar. "Jl, iHTiJ, 

 pp. :517-33:i, pi. xxiv. 



MoDogi-aphic; copious synonymy, description and criticism. Tbo author recoguizi-s one 

 genus and G spp. Stercorarius catarrhactes, S. antarcliciis, H. chilentrig (figured pi. 24), S. poma- 

 torhinuis, H. crepidatus ( ^:^ parasiticus auct.), and S. parasiticus L. ( =^buffoni auct.). Of the 

 smaller species the same three spp. as given by Coues are nicognized, but the synonymy is 

 much better worked out. 



1876. Saundeks, II. Ou the Stemina;, or Tern.s with Descriptions of three uew 

 Species. < /'. Z. S., Juno 20, 1876, pp. r):]8-072, figg. l-'), pi. Ixi. 



The s(!Cond of three papers in which the .riiger.s. Terns, and Gulls are respectively mono- 

 graphed. The author studied the family diligently, and enjoytd exceptional facilities for 

 oxaminiug type-Hpecinieus; hi.s rcsnlf.s, therefore, being entitled to mueli consideration. 

 After some general remarks, the following .species are treated with sjTionymy, criticism, 

 geographical distribution, and in some cases with description : — 



1, Uydrochelidon hybrida ; 2, H. leucoptera ; 3, H. nigra. 4, Sterna magnirostris ; 5, S. 

 anglica ; 0, S. seena ; 7, 8. melanogastra ; 8, S. antarctica ; 9, S. virgata ; 10, S. vittata; 11, 

 S. hirundinacca ; 12, S. aWigena ; 13, S. fluviatilis ; 14, S. tibetana, sp. n., p. 649; 15, S. longi- 

 pennis : Ifi, S. macrura ; 17, S. forsteri; 18, S. dougalli ; 19, <V. cantiaca ,- 20, S. elegant; 21, 

 S. euri/gnatha, sp. n., p. 654, flg. 1 ; 22, <S'. media ; 23, <S'. maxima ; 24, S. oaspia ,- 25, S. bem- 

 steini ,- 20, S. bergii ,- 27, S. frontalis ; 28, S. trudeauii ; 29, i>. melanauchen ,- 30, S. minuta ; 

 31, S. antillarum ; 32, S. superciliaris ; 33, H. sinensis; 34, i>. sumatrana ; 35, S. nereis; 36, 

 S. exilis ; 37, S. balcennriim ; 38, S. alcutica ; 39, S. ancestheta, fig. 3; 40, S. lunata ; 41, S.fu- 

 liginosa, flg. 2. 42, Ncenia inca. 43, Oygis Candida, flg. 4 ; 44, G. microrhyncha, sp. n.. p. 668, 

 tig. 5. 45, Anoiis stolidus ; 40, A. tenidrostris, pi. Ixi, flg. 1 ; 47, A. melanogenys, pi. Ixi, flg. 2: 

 48, A. leueocapillus, pi. 1x1, flg. 3; 49, A. cceruleus (cf. P. Z. S., 1878, p. 271, seq. ). 



See Coues, Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, ili, 1878, pp. 140-142. 



1876. Tuck, .J. G. Little Gulls [Larus niiuutns] off Flaniborough Head. < Zoologint, 



Sil ser., xi, Feb., 1876, p. 4804. 

 1876. Tuck, J. G. Glaucous Gull [Larus glaiicus] at Flaiuborough. <(^Zoologi.st, "Zd 



ser., xi, Feb., 1876, p. 4804. 



1876. Tuck, J. G. Saiulwich Tcru [Sterna cantiaca] on Filey Brigg. <C^ Zoologint, 2il 



ser., xi, Feb., 1876, p. 4804. 

 1876. Tuck, J. G. Ivory Gull [Pagophila eburnea], &.v. <^ Zoologist, 2d. ser. , xi, Juno, 



1876, p. 4960. 

 1876. Waldex, Lord. [Letter on Sterna albigeua Riipp. ou the Bombay Coast.] 



< IhiH, 3d ser., vi, .July, 1876, pp. 384, 385. 



1876. WiiiTAKEK, J. Conuium Skua [Stercorarius skiui] near Mansfield. <^Zoologi8t, 



2d ser., xi, Apr., 1876, p. 4883. 



1877. Anderson, A. [Remarks on exhibition of young examples of Rhynchops albi- 



collis and Seena aurantia. ] < P. Z. 6'. , Dec. 4, 1877, p. 807. 



No difference in the bills on first hatching, so that the extraordinary shape of that of 

 lihynchops must be later developed. 



1877. De^vne, R. Occurrence of the Sooty Tern [Sterna fuliginosa] in Massachusetts. 



K^Bull.Kutt. Ornith. Club, ii, No. 1, Jan., 1877, p. 27. 

 1877. GuRNEY, J. H., Jr. [Ou a peculiar white stage of plumage of Larus glaucus.] 



< Ibis, 4th ser., i, Oct., 1877, p. 492. 



This seems to bo what Coues called Larus ktitchiTisii (after Kich., F. B. A., ii, 1881, p. 419) 

 in Pr. Phila. Acad., 1862, p. 294. See Coues, B. Northwest, 1874, p. 621. 



1877. Hume, A. O. [Letter on the distinctness of species of Anous, with reference to 

 P. Z. S., 1876, p. 638, pi. Ixi. ] < P. Z. ^., Nov. 6, 1877, p. 683. 



1877. Roberts, T. S. Notes on the Breeding of the Black Tern (Hydrochclidon lari- 

 formis) in Minnesota. <^BuU. Nutt. Ornith. Club, ii. No. 2, Apr., 1877, pp. 

 34-36. 



1877. Rowley, G. D. On Scoulton Mere, Norfolk, and the Black-headed Gull (Laiiis 

 ridibundus). <^Bowl. Oni. Misc., ii, pt. x, Oct., 1877, pp. 407-416, pll. Ixxvi- 

 Ixxviii. 

 Very interesting. The Iiandsome plates represent scenery, tilled with the birds. 



Bull. V, 4 32 



