470 Oberholser, Subspecies of Larus hyperboreus. [oc t . 



of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts, where it is number 32371, an additional Texas specimen, 

 taken by Mr. G. H. Ragsdale in northern Texas, presumably near 

 Gainesville, but without exact date of capture, which is an example 

 of Larus hyperboreus hyperboreus. 



The name Larus glaucus Briinnich, 1 which has until recently 

 been used for this species, is found to be preoccupied by Larus 

 glaucus Pontoppidan, 2 which is a synonym of Larus canus Linnaeus. 

 The proper name for the species, therefore, becomes Larus hyper- 

 boreus Gunnerus, 3 which, in point of date, is the next available 

 name. 



Of Larus hyperboreus hyperboreus 129 specimens have been 

 examined, from the localities in the subjoined list: 



Alaska. — Walrus Island, Bering Sea (June 13, 1890). 



Franklin. — Brevoort Island, Ellesmere Land (May 21, 1900; 

 June 10, 1901; Aug. 1, 1900; July 25, 1900 [nestling]); Rice 

 Strait, Ellesmere Land (June 5 and 8, 1901); Cape Sabine, Elles- 

 mere Land (Sept. 15, 1900); Buchanan Bay, Ellesmere Land 

 (June 10 and 16, 1901); Alexander Haven, Ellesmere Land (July 

 25, 1900); Cumberland Sound (June 27, 1878; Sept. 6, 1878); 

 Niantilik, Cumberland Sound (Aug. 8, 1876; Sept. 17, 1877); 

 Observatory Island, head of Cumberland Sound (June 4 and 6, 

 1878); Davis Strait (Aug. 12 and 15, 1879); Cary Island, Baffin 

 Bay (July 24, 1894); Simpson Bay, Victoria Land (July 26, 

 1911 [nestling]); Meteorite Island (Aug. 13, 1897 [nestling]). 



Greenland.— Sukkertoppen (Sept. 1, 1904; Oct. 24, 1905; 

 April 25, 1906; Dec. 3, 1909); Kahkoktah Cove (Sept. 1, 1893); 

 Anniversary Lodge (Sept. 11, 1893); Bowdoin Bay (Sept. 9, 1893); 

 McCormick Bay (Aug. 4, 1892 [nestling]); Robertson Bay (Aug. 

 23, 1892); Itiblu (July 22, 1892); Littleton Island (July 22 and 27, 

 1892); Cape York (July 26, 1892); Port Foulke; Holsteinborg 

 (June 20, 1895; July 6, 1895; May 12, 1897; Sept. 21, 1898) 

 Parker Snow Bay (Aug. 11, 1896); Julianehaab (April 6, 1908 

 May 4, 1909); Nyskotefjord (Aug. 17, 1900); Etah (July, 1910) 



i Ornith. Bor., 1764, p. 44 (Iceland). 



2 Danske Atlas, I, 1763, p. 622. 



3 In Leem's Beskr. Finm. Lapper, 1767, p. 226 (footnote). 



