Birds of the United States. 



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279. * Sterna aranea, Wils. 



280. * Sterna hirundo, L. 



281. *Sterh\a arctica, Temm. 



282. 'Sterna minuta, L. 



283. * Sterna nigra, L. 



284. Sterna fuliginosa, Gm. 



285. Sterna stolida, L. 



Sterr.a aranea, Wils. 8. p. 143, pi. 

 72, fig. 6. 



Sterna hirundo, Wils. 7. p. 76, pi. 

 60, fig. 1. 



Sterna arctica, Temm. Nob. 4. pi. 



Sterna minuta, Wils. 7. p. 80, pi. 

 6a, fig. 2. 



f Sterna plumbea, Wils. 7- p. 83, pi. 



60, fig. o, young. 

 ■^ Sterna nigra, Nob. 4. pi. adult. — 



Buff. pi. enl. 33, adult summer. 

 t_ dress; id. 924, young. 



Sterna fuliginosa, Wils. 8. p. 145, 

 pi. 72, fig. 7. 



Sterna stolida, Lath. — Buff. pi. enl, 

 997. Nob. 4. pi. 



GENUS 64. 

 286. *Lahus glaucus, Brunn. 



||287. *Larus marinus, L. 



288. *Larus argeittatus, Brunn. \ 

 (| 289. Larus fuscus, L. ( 



290. *Larus eburneus, Gm. (?) 



II 291. *Larus canus, L. 



H292. *Larus tridacttlus, L. 



293. *Larus ATRICILLA, L. 



294. *Larus cAPiSTRATCS,Temm.(a) 



295. *Larus minutus, Pallas. ( >) 



*LARUS, L. 



Larus glaucus, Gm. Lath. Temm. 

 Naum. Vog. pi. 35. 



Black-backed Gull of Wilson's list. 

 Buff. pi. enl. 990, adult; id. 266, 

 young. — Nob. 4. pi. 



One of the two is the Herring Gull 

 of Wilson's list. — Buff. pi. enl. 

 253. Naum. Vog. f. 36. f. 51. B. 



Larus eburneus, Temm. Brehm. — 



Buff. pi. enl. 994. 

 Common Gull of Wilson's list. — 



Buff. pi. enl. 977. 

 Kiltiwake Gull of Wilson's list— 



Buff. pi. enl. 387. 

 Larus ridibundus, Wils. 9. p. 89, pi. 



74, fig. 4. 

 Larus capistratus, Temm. — Nob. 4. 



pi. 

 Larus minutus, Gm. Lath. Sabine. 



Naum. Vog. Nachtr. f. 36. f. 72. 



8296. *Lestris catarractes, 

 [Temm. 



J297. *Lestris pomarim s, 

 [Temm. 



GENUS 65. *LESTRIS, 111. 



One of the two is the Skua Gull of 



Wilson's list. — Penn. Brit. Zool. 



p. 140, f. L. 6. 

 Lestris parasiticus, Meyer. — Vog. 



Deut. fol. v. 2. heft. 21, adult. 



(a) I believe (hat authors who h'sve reckoned I *rus ridibnndua Amongst the Am. 

 apeciea, have mistaken the nres nl for it, as they are very simitar, nod tin- fanner 



has never fallen uuiler Iiiy obsi iviJioq. 



