LARUS. GABIANFS. 221 



1. Greenland. Saunders Coll. 



2. Iceland. Saunders Coll. 



1. Yardo, Finmark, June. Saunders Coll. 

 8. Vardo (Nordvi). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Spitsbergen (T. Holland}. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Nameless Bay, Novaya Zemlya, Admiral A. Markham [P.]. 



loth June. 



Larus leucopterus, Faber. 



Larus leucopterus, Thien. Fortpftanz. ges. Yog. tab. xci. fig. 2, a-h 

 (1845-54); Hewitson, Eggs Brit. Birds, ii. p. 498, pi. cxxxix. tigs, 

 i, ii (1856) : Dresser, Birds Fur. viii. p. 439 (1876) ; Baird, Brewer 

 8? Ridgic. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 216 (1884) ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, iii. p. 333, pi. 51 (1884) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. ] 13, 

 pi. 33. fig. 3 (1896) ; Saunders, Cat. Birds' B.M. xxv.p. 295 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 142 (1899). 



Leucus leucopterus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 39. fig. 2 (1855-63). 



The eggs of the Iceland Gull appear to be fairly uniform in 

 coloration. The ground-colour varies from a greenish grey to a pale 

 buff and this is marked, in most eggs evenly all over, in a few more 

 densely at the larger end than elsewhere, with spots and blotches of 

 chocolate and dark blackish brown and underlying pale purple. 

 Specimens vary from 2*5 to 2*75 in length, and from 1'75 to 2 iii 

 breadth. 



3. Cambridge Bay, Arctic America Voy. II.M.S. ' Enterprise.' 



(Capt. Collinson). 



6. Greenland. Gould Coll. 



3. Greenland, 18th June (Ellingren}. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Greenland. May (E. Feneker : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.}. 



1. Greenland, 28th May. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Greenland, 14th May (R. Midler}. Saunders Coll. 



1. Greenland. Saunders Coll. 



2. Iceland (J. H. Dunn; Hargitt Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 



Genus GABIANUS, Erucli. 

 Gabianus pacificus (Lath.). 



Larus pacificus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xic. fig. 3 (1845-54) ; 



Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 385 (1865) : Campbell, Nests # 



Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 65 (1883) ; North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. 



Birds, p. 351, pi. xx. tig. 1 (1889) ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1895, p. 421. 

 Gabianus pacificus, Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 297 (1896) 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 143 (1899). 



The eggs of the Pacific Gull in the Collection are pointed 

 ovals, olive-buff in colour, marked with spots and blotches of dark 

 chocolate-brown and underlying pale purple. In two specimens, 

 the markings are small and evenly spread over the shell; in 

 the third they consist of some spots and small blotches and in 



