ORDER LONGIPENNES. Zt 
[B 668, 669, C 555, R 674, C 787.] 
Groc. Dist.— Interior of North America, chiefly west of the 
Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, breeding from 
Iowa northward; south in winter through Mexico and _ Central 
America to Peru. 
60. Larus philadelphia (Orp). 
Bonaparte’s Gull. 
Sterna philadelphia ORD, GUTHRIE’s Geog. 2d Am. ed. II. 18rs, 
329: 
Larus philadelphia GRay, List Brit. B. 1863, 235. 
[B 670, C 556, R 675, C 788.] 
Groc. Dist.— Whole of North America, breeding mostly north 
of the United States. Not yet recorded from south of the United 
States, though reported from the Bermudas. 
[60.1.] Larus minutus Patt. 
Little Gull. 
Larus minutus Paty. Reis. Russ. Reichs. III. App. No. 35, 
Lee. FOS, 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Europe and parts of Asia and Africa ; accidental in 
Bermuda and on Long Island. 
Genus RHODOSTETHIA Maccittivray. 
khodostethia Maccit. Man. Brit. Orn. II. 1842, 253. Type, 
Larus roseus MAcGi.. . 
61. Rhodostethia rosea (Maccit.). 
Ross’s Gull. 
Larus roseus MaccitL. Mem. Wern. Soc. V. 1824, 249. 
Rhodostethia rosea BonaP. Rev. Crit. Orn. Eur. Degland, 1850, 
201. 
