LARUS ATRICILLA.—L. ICHTHYAETUS. oon 
LARUS ATRICILLA’, Linneus. 
§ 4547. Two.—From Dr. Brewer, 1848. 
§ 4548. One.—From Dr. Brewer, 1851. 
[§ 4549. Ziree—Charlotte Harbour, Florida. From Dr. 
Heermann, 1861. | 
[§ 4550. 7wo.—lrom Dr. Brewer (1864 ?).] 
LARUS ICHTHYAETUS, Pallas. 
[§ 4551. Zwo.— Sarepta,” Volga. From Herr Moschiler, 
1866. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, pp. 166, 167. 
[§ 4552. Zwo.—From Herr Moéschler, through Mr. Norgate, 
1869. 
I believe there can be no doubt as to the genuineness of these eggs, but some 
doubt may be entertained as to the precise locality whence they came, and it seems 
more likely to have been from the islands of the Caspian Sea, where the species 
has been known to breed since the days of Pallas, than near Sarepta on the 
Volga. It is not included in Herr Moschler’s list (Naumannia, 1853, p. 303), 
but he may have met with it after that was drawn up. To the evidence 
adduced by Mr. Dresser (B. Eur. viii. p. 371) may be added the statement of 
Jakovlev in 1872 (Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, xlv. p. 358), which, as inter- 
preted for me from the original Russian, runs thus :—‘ Breeds in companies on 
the islands of the Caspian Sea; occurs, but much more rarely, in the delta of 
the Volga, and on the steppe-lakes of the Government of Astrakan” ; while Herr 
Henke seems to have especially named “the Seal Islands” in .that sea to 
Mr. Seebohm (Ibis, 1882, p. 230) as a breeding-place. | 
1 [Evidently a mistake for atricapilia, but one that it is too late now to 
correct.—ED. | 
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