LARUS AFFINIS.—L. FUSCUS. 329 
Therefore I think we may accept the locality as correctly given. I paid two- 
pence each for the ordinary eggs, but he asked me a krone for the red one. 
Had this egg come from Vard6 he would, if a rogue, have expatiated on the 
distance it had been brought and so on.”} 
LARUS AFFINIS, Reinhardt. 
[§ 4598. Three—Golchika, Jennesei Valley, 10 July, 1895. 
From Mr. C. B. Hill, 1896. 
Mr. Hill accompanied Mr. Popham, who wrote of this species (Ibis, 1897, 
' p. 106):—* It is by far the commonest Gull on the lower reaches of the river, 
nesting in colonies, mostly on small grassy islands in lakes, occasionally on dry 
ridges in swampy ground. We obtained a good series of their eggs, which 
varied considerably, and also specimens in various stages of plumage, from the 
young in down to the mature bird. The eggs measure: 2°66 to 3 in. by 18 
to 2:05 in.” Mr. Popham considers that this species more nearly resembles 
Larus fuscus than L. argentatus. | 
LARUS FUSCUS, Linneus. 
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. 
§ 4599. One.—Northumberland, June, 1843. From Mr. Proc- 
tor, 1844. 
Mr. Proctor wrote that this was taken by himself on some moors 
twenty miles to the north-west of Hexham, belonging to Mr. Charlton, 
of Hesleyside. 
§ 4600. Zwo.—Coast of Northumberland. From Mr. uke, 
1546. 
§ 4601. Zwo.—Loch Urigil, Sutherland, May, 1849. 
I found two nests on Loch Urigil, where I saw no Herring-Gulls ; 
but afterwards John Sutherland told me he had seen a Herring-Gull 
on another loch, ‘There is little doubt that these are Black-backed. 
§ 4602. Zwo.—Ferée. From Sysselmand Miller, 1849. 
I took a nest of the Lesser Black-backed Gull on the 1sth of July 
on a hiil between Kirkeboe and Thorshavn. Lykka is the native 
name of the bird, 
