CATALOGUE OF CHARADRIFORMES. 5] 
Catalogue of the Charadriomorphic Birds (Charad-= 
riformes): Auks (Alcidz), Gulls (Laridz), and 
Skuas (Stercorariide)— Lari; Lark-=plovers 
(Thinocoridz), Stone-curlews (CEdicnemide), 
Jacanas (Jacanidz), Sheathbills (Chionide), 
Crab = plovers (Dromadidz), Coursers (Cur- 
soriidz), Plovers and Snipes (Charadriidz)— 
Limicole; Pigeons (Columbz), and Sand-= 
grouse (Pterocles), in the Derby Museum. 
By Henry O. Forses and HERBERT C. ROBINSON. 
Note.—TZhe arrangement and nomenclature followed in this ‘ataloque are sub- 
stantially those adopted in the ‘Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 
Vols. XXVI., XXV., XXIV., XXI. and XXII, by Messrs. W. R. Ogilvie- 
Grant, Howard Saunders, Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe and Count Salvadori. A ll 
the species described since the publication of these volumes, known to us up 
to September, 1899, are enumerated, and have their original (or translated) 
diagnoses inserted. The names of species desiderata to our collection are 
printed in Grotesque type, thus—snowi. 
For explanation of the abbreviations used below, see Note, page 15. 
Lari. 
ALCIDE. 
ALCINA:. 
; PLAUTUS, Briinnich. 
impennis (Linn.). 
The Museum contains a nearly complete skeleton from Funk Island, and a fairly 
perfect skull, as well as a very beautiful egg, whose origin is unknown. The 
latter is referred to by Symington Grieve in his volume on The Great Auk, p. 88, 
App. p. 29, 1885. 
ALCA, Linn. 
torda, Linn. Nineteen. 2¢, 4jr.,1 pull. Hebrides (Stornoway). Eng- 
land (Farne Islands, June; Yorkshire, Scarborough, August ; Devonshire, 
Plymouth, February). Nova Scotia, February. 
ALLE, Link. 
alle (Linn.). Thirteen. 2¢, 29 (1 jr.), 1 jr. Iceland. Orkneys, October. 
England (Durham, Greatham, November ; Yorkshire, Scarborough, January, 
February). 
URIA, Briss. 
troile, Lath. Thirty. 5 ¢, 5 pull, skel. Orkneys (Stromness, April). 
England (Durham, Greatham ; Northumberland, Bamborough, April, June ; 
Farne Islands, August ; Yorkshire, Flamborough Head, July ; Lancashire, 
Garston, June; Anglesea; Sussex, Selsey Bill, November ; Eastbourne, 
December ; Hampshire, Christchurch, December). Heligoland. Kam- 
tschatka. 
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