222 Jour., Bom. Nat. HUt. Soc, Vol. XXVIII, No. 4. [Dec. 20, 1922. 



l-'ainily RoSTKATULlDiE. 



1989.* (118S) l^ostratula benghalensis benghalensis. The 



Painted *Sni/>c. 



Rallus benghalensis Li»«., S. N., i., p. lo3 (17o8), 

 (Asia). 



N. E. Africa, S. xVrabia, Persia, India, Ceylon, 

 Buriiia, China, etc. 



Order GAVl/E. 



Family LAKii»i«. 

 SiTb-faniily Larincc. 



1990. (148'J) Larus ichthyaetus. Thi Great Black-headed GvM. 



Larus ichthyaetus PalL, Eeise. Eeichi. Riiss., it., p. 713 

 (1733), (Caspian Sea). 



Breeding S. Russia to Iritisch. Winter India, 

 Burma and Ceylon. 



1991. (1490) Larus ridibundus ridibundus. T lie Black headed 



Gull. 



Larus ridibundus Liiin., S. N., p. 22-5 (1736), 

 {Europe). 



Breeding Europe to Turkestan. Winter N. India 

 to Bombay, etc. 



1992. (M'Jl) Larus brunnicephalus. The Brown-headed 



Gull. 



Larus brunnicephalus Jerd., Madr. J.L.S., xii., p. 225 

 (1840), (India). 



Breeding Central Asia. S. in winter, India 

 Burma, Siam, etc. 



1993. (14112) Larus hemprichii. The Sooty Gull. 



Adelarus hemprichii Briich. J. F. Oin. 1853, p. 106 

 (Red Sea). 



Coast of East Africa, Red Sea, S. Arabia, 

 Mekran and Sind Coasts. 



1994. (1403) Larus genei. The Slender-bdled Gull. 



Larus genei Breine, Rev, Zool., 1839, ;/<. ii., ^.321 

 (Africa). 



Mediterranean to Persian Gulf, Mekran, Sind. 



' This genus h:is Utile in common with the true Snipes and will have to be 

 removed to a position leading from the Kails to the Snipe and their other relations. 



