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. tit. 

 One, Islay, Feb. 1867 : Gray, op. cit. 

 One, Melsetter, Orkney, May 1867 : Gray, op. cit. 



LAUGHING GULL. Larus atricilla, Linnseus. 

 Hab. Eastern coasts of North America. 



One out of five, near Winchelsea, August 1774 : Montagu, 

 Orn. Diet. 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 ichthyaetus 



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. In the 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 

 * I examined this specimen on the 22nd Sept. 1870. 



