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BIRDS OF KEKGUELEN IS.. AND. 



Larus antipodnm, Gray. 



Dominicanus antipodum, Bruch, J. f. 0. 1853, p. 100, pi. '2, f. 8; 1655, p. 281. 



Bonaparte, Consp. Av. ii, 1856, p. 214. 

 Chipeilarus antipodum, Bonaparte. 



Larus verrcauxi, Bonaparte, Eev. Zool. 1854, p. 7 ; Nauiii. 1854, p. 211. 

 Dominicanus verreauxi, Bruch, J. f. O. 1855, p. 281. 

 Chipeilarus verreauxi, Bonaparte, Cousp. Av. ii, 1856, p. 221. 

 Larus capensis, " Smith, MSS." (Gray.) 

 Larus fuscus, "Fkitze". {Gray.) 

 Larus littoralis," Forster". (Gray.) 

 Larus antarcticus, ''FiLhMAi!i", {Gray.) 



The bird from Kerguelen's Land appears to be the particular style of southern black- 

 backed gull to which the term antipodum has been applied. The bill is very heavy — 

 as Bonaparte says, "rostro crassissimo fere gabianum sininlante". But I have no faith 

 whatever in the specific distinctions which Bonaparte, Bruch, and others have sought 

 to establish among these forms, and do not hesitate to bring them all under one head, 

 following Schlegel and Blasius. — C. 



List of specimens, loith measurements. 



Bill, adult, saffrou -yellow ; a red spot at the eminentia symphysis. 

 Young (No. 58) black, with a white spot over nostrils; line of symphysis 

 of lower mandible white; (84) pale-pellow, irregularly streaked with 

 black, hlacli spot on pyramidal portion of lower mandible ; (156) yellow, 

 streaked with black, no spot on lower mandible. The measurements 

 are of the " chord of the culmen." From the gape, the bill measures 

 from 2.25 to 2.70 inches. 



Jrw, adult, mustard -yellow. Young (Xos. 58 and 156) brown-gray; 

 (84) bright-yellow. 



JBea^, adult, white; eyelid coral to deep orange-red. Young, head 

 and neck brown, more or less mottled with white ; eyelid (No. 84) gam- 

 boge. 



Body., adult, back and wings slaty-black, excepting a band of white, 

 about one inch, at ends of primaries and secondaries ; primaries with 

 the usual pictura ; neck, breast, belly, tail, and under parts of wings 



