1. MEGALHSTRIS. 319 



a. (J imiii. sk. Rio de Janeiro, Aug. {H. M. 11. Saunders Coll. 



Harriso7i, R.N.). 



h. 5 ad. sk. Santa Catliarina, Brazil, Aug. {H. H. Saunders Coll. 



M. II.). 



C.J ad.sk. Elizabeth Island, Straits of Magel- H.M.S. ' Clialleuger ' 



Ian. Exped. 



f/. c5' ad. sk. Straits of Magellan (Dr. Cop- Voy. II.M.S. 'Alert.' 



pwffe)-). 



e. 2 ad. sk. Talcahuano, S. Chili, Sept. (Dr. Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert. 



Cojrpinger) . 



f. .Tuv. sk. Iquique (S. F. Rowland). H. Saunders Coll. 

 'y-k. Ad. et Mejilloues Bay, 2.'i° 5' S., Dec- H. Saunders Coll. 



inini. sk. March (Deiiyiison). 



I. Imiu. sk. Callao Bay, Peru {Adml. A. H. 11. Saunders Coll. 

 Markhmn). 



3. Megalestris antarctica. 



Port Egmont Hen, Haicksw. Voy. ii. p. 283 (1769) ; Cook's Voy. i. 

 p. 43 & p. 272 (1777 : so-called because the species was common 

 at Port Egmont, Falkland Is.). 



Larus catarrhactes, Carviichael, Tr. Linn. Sac. xii. pt. 2, p. 497 (1818 : 

 Tristan da Cunha) ; Traill, Mem. Wern. 8oc. iv. p. 516 (1823 : 

 South Shetland Is.) ; Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 210, p. 312, p. 313 

 (1844). 



Lestris catarrhactes *, Quoy (§• Gaimard, Voy. ' Uranie,' p. 137. Atlas, 

 pi. 38 (1824 : Falkland Is.) ; Gould, B. of Atistr. vii. pi. 21 (1848) ; 

 Macyill., Jard. Contr. Orn. p. 96 (1850) ; Reichenb. Voy. KenhoU. 

 p. 345 (1850) ; Hufton, Ibis, 1865, p. 277 (Prince Edward I. & 

 Kerguelen) ; id. op. cit. 1807, p. 185 ; Lcn/ard, His, 1867, p. 459 

 (Crozette I.) ; Imsch, J. f. O. 1870, p. 360"; Hutton, Cat.N. Zeal. 

 £.j>. 39 (1871) ; Finsch, J.f. 0. 1872, p. 241 (N. Zealand) ; Hutton, 

 Ibis, 1872, p. 248 (Chatham Is.) ; Buller, Man. New Zeal. B. p. 75 

 (1882). 



Lestris antarctica t, Lesson, TraitS. p. 616 (1831) ; Gray in Dieffenh. 

 Trav. N. Zeal. ii. App. p. 200' (1843) ; id. Voy. Ereb. S^ Terr., 

 Birds, p. 18 (1846) ; -SW. P. Z. S. 1800, p. 390; Abbott, Ibis, 1801, 

 p. 165 (Falkland Is.) ; Scl. 4- Salv. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 579 (part.) ; 

 lid. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 148 (1873 ; Falkland Is.) ; Cab. i^- 

 Reichen. J. f. O. 1876, p. 328 ; Olphe-Gall. Orn. Eur. Occid. fasc. x. 

 p. 27 note (1886). 



Stercorarius antarcticus, Gray, List B. Brit. Mus., Anseres, p. 167 



(1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 653 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 207 



(1857); Hartl. Faun. Maday. p. 85 (1861: Bernier's examp.) ; 



Pelz. Reis. Novarn, Voy. p. 150 (1865 : St. Paul's I.) ; Giylioli, 



Faun. Vertebr. Oceano, p. 61 (1870) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. Ill, 



no. 10943 (1871) ; Buller, B. New Zeal. p. 267 (1873) ; Saunders, 



P. Z. S. 1876, p. 321 (revision) ; id. op. cit. 1877, p. 799 (Kers-uelen, 



T. da Cunha, Falkland Is.) ; Hartl. Oni. Maday. p. 380 (1877) ; 



Velian, Arch. Zool. exp. et yen. vi. p. 52 (1877 : St. P.aul's I.) ; id. 



t. c. p. 96 (Amsterdam) ; Saimders, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 393 



(1878 : distribution) ; Ramsay, Pr. Limi. Soc. N. S. W. 1878, 



. p. 201 ; Sharpe, Phil. Tr. clxviii. {Rep. Trans. Venus), p. 109, 



_! -^ pi. vii. figs. 1, 2 (1878 : Kerguelen) ; Saunders, t. c. p. 163 ; Leyye, B. 



■^ Ceylon, pp. 1050-1051 note (1880: Colombo, doubtfully) ; A. Milne- 



* The specific names cafarractcs, catarrhactes, &c. are united. 

 t Tlie specific names antarcticus and antarctica are united. 



