140 Letters, Announcements , &(c. 



102. Large Herring-Gull. Larus occidentalism Aud. 



A live bird of this species was brought to me on the 14th 

 June. It was in full adult plumage. Its wing had been hurt, 

 and was bleeding. The natives called it Hai-mao, the name 

 also applied to Gulls in the south. 



103. Ivory Gull. Larus eburneus, Gm. 



As wc were leaving Chefoo on the 20tli October to embark 

 on board the southward-bound steamer, a white Gull hovered 

 over our boat. I took it to be of this species. The morning 

 was cloudy, with gusts of wnd. 



104. Flesh-billed Black Albatros. Diomedea derogata, 

 Swinh. P.Z.S. 1873, p. 785. 



On the occurrance of a Black Albatross at Chefoo in June, 

 and my reasons for considering it a good species I must refer 

 my readers to the P. Z. S. of 1873. Capt. Blakiston procured 

 the same species in July at Hakodadi (see ' Ibis,^ 1874, p. 165). 



VIII. — Letters, Announcements, S^c. 



The following letters, addressed " To the Editor of ' The 

 Ibis,^ '' have been received : — 



Sir, — In again going over my Algerian note-books I find 

 some slight errors require to be rectified and additions made 

 to my paper (containing an account of nearly all the birds 

 I positively identified) which was contributed to * The Ibis,' 

 and appeared in the volume for 1871. 



Page 78. " Cinclus aquaticus, Bechst.,'' should be Cin- 

 clus albicollis (Vieill.) . 



Page 79, species 36, Dromoljea leucopygia should be united 

 with No. 37, D. leucocephala, the opinion I expressed as to 

 their being very near akin having been more than confirmed 

 by subsequent researches. 



43. Saxicola homochroa should stand as Saxicola ery- 

 thRjEA (Ehr.). S. halophila (Tristram). 



I only shot one specimen, a female, on the 31st of April, 

 at Berryan, in the Mzab. 



