15. LAKUS. 



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22. Larus bulleri. 



Gaviapomare, i?n/c/«, /./. O. 1855, p. 285 (uot of 1853, which is 

 L. novcE-hoUanduE). 



Bruchigavia melanorhynchus, Buller, Ibis, 1809, p. 43 {nee L. 

 melanorhjTichus, Temm.). 



Larus (Eruchig-avia) melanorhynchus, Finsch, Ibis, 1869, p. 381 ; 

 Travels, Tr. N. Z. hist. 1871, p. 209. 



Larus melanorhynchus, Finsch {nee Temm.), J. f. O. 1870, p. 361 ; 

 Hntton, Ibis, 1870, p. 396 (Auckland). 



Larus bulleri, 7/M<i!ow, Cat. B. N. Zeal. p. 41 (1871); Potts, Ibis, 

 1872, p. 38 (Canterbury, N. Z.) ; Bullet; B. N. Zeal. p. 276, 

 pi. xxviii. hinder fig. (1873) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. ii. p. 58, pi. xxix. 

 front fig. (1888) ; id. 3Ian. N. Zeal. B. p. 78, pi. xxxii. (1882) ; 

 Hutton, Ibis, 1874, p. 41 ; Saunders, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 190 (revision 

 Larinfe) ; id. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 398 (1878 : distri- 

 bution) ; H. O. Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 530 (Chatham Is.). 



Larus pomare, Finsch, J. f. O. 1872, p. 248 ; id. op. cit. 1874, p. 204 ; 

 Sharpe, Voy. Ereb. 8f Terr., Birds, App. p. 32 (1875). 



Adult male. Head, neck, tail, and the under surface pure white 

 (with an evanescent rosy tint) ; mantle pearl-grey ; tips of the long 

 inner secondaries a shade paler, but no alar bar ; outer primary 

 chiefly white, with some black on the outer web and more on the 



Larus hidler. 



margin of the inner web ; 2nd and 3rd (juills similar, but with black 

 sublcrniinal bars {sec nd alove) ; 4th quill with a little grey on the 

 inner web ; 5th and 6th grey on both webs, all with subtcrminal 



