GULLS. 175 
One, Shetland, winter 1863 ; Saxby, Zoologist, 1864, p. 9094. 
One, Weston-super-Mare, 1864: Mathew, Zoologist, 1865, 
p- 9470. 
One, Campbeltown, Kintyre, Feb. 1867: Gray, op. cit. 
One, Islay, Feb. 1867: Gray, op. cit. 
One, Melsetter, Orkney, May 1867: Gray, op. cit. 
LAUGHING GULL. Larus atricilla, Linnzus. 
Hab. Eastern coasts of North America. 
One out of five, near Winchelsea, August 1774: Montagu, 
Orn. Dict. In Col. Montagu’s collection in the British 
Museum. 
Two seen near Hastings: Montagu, op. cit. 
One, Lodmoor, Weymouth, winter 1850: Thompson, Zoolo- 
gist, 1851, p. 3055. 
GREAT BLACK-HEADED GULL. Larus ichthyaétus 
Pallas. 
Hab, South-eastern Europe ; Egypt; Palestine; India. 
One, Exmouth, May 1859: Ross, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 
Dec. 1859, p. 467 ; Zoologist, 1860, p.6860. Inthe Exeter 
Museum *. 
MEDITERRANEAN BLACK-HEADED GULL. Larus 
melanocephalus, Natterer. 
One on the Thames, near Barking Creek, Jan. 1866: Saun- 
ders, Ibis, 1872, p. 79. In the British Museum. 
Obs. It may be here remarked that the Masked 
Gull, Larus capistratus of Temminck, which is in- 
cluded as a distinct species by Eyton, Jenyns, Yarrell, 
and other authors, would be here inserted as a rare or 
accidental visitant, were there any good grounds for 
* T examined this specimen on the 22nd Sept. 1870. 
