828 LARUS 



$ act. (China). Differs from L. ridilundas in being smaller, in having 

 the hood bluish black, the mantle rather darker, the inner secondaries 

 chiefly grey, the rest white ; 1st primary white, with a mere hair line of 

 black on the basal half of the outer web, and a marginal black band on the 

 inner web ; the 2nd white exteriorly, black on the inner web to the sub- 

 apex ; 3rd similar but with more black, which extends subapically over the 

 outer web ; 4th grey basally, barred and margined with black, and broadly 

 tipped with white ; 5th the black restricted to the inner web ; 6th and 

 upwards grey, with paler tips and inner borders ; bill short and stout, 

 black ; inside of mouth vermilion ; legs tile-red, claws black ; iris black ; 

 edge of eyelids black. Culmen 1-4, wing 11-0, tail 4'4, tarsus 1'6 inch. 

 In winter the head is white with little dark grey on the occiput. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia (Sidemi) ; Mongolia, China, Corea, and 

 Japan in winter. 



Resembles L. ridibundus in its general habits and food, and 

 frequents inland waters and rivers as much if not more than 

 the sea coasts. Nothing is as yet known respecting its 

 nidification. 



1139. LITTLE GULL. 

 LARUS MINUTUS. 



Lam* minutus, Pall. Reise Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 702 (1771); Naum. x. 

 p. 242, Taf. 258 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 490, pi. cxxxiv. fig. 1 ; (Gould), 

 B. of E. v. pi. 428 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. v. pi. 66 ; Dresser, viii- 

 p. 373, pis. 599, 599A ; Saunders, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxv. p. 173 ; id. 

 Manual, p. 663 ; (Tacz.), F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 1043 ; Lilford, vi. p. 37, 

 pi. 18 ; Ridgway, p. 36. 



Mouette pygmfo, French ; Gaviota, Span. ; Galibianello, Ital. ; 

 Zwergmowe, German ; D-werg-meeuw, Dutch ; Dvcergmaage, Dan. ;, 

 Dvargmds, Swed. ; Pikku-lokki, Finn. ; Tschaika-malaya, Russ. 



ad. (Ladoga). Hood deep black ; lower neck, rump, upper tail-coverts,, 

 tail, and under parts white, the last tinged with rose-pink ; mantle delicate 

 French-grey ; quills grey broadly edged with white, the margins of the 

 inner webs smoke-grey ; under wing-coverts dark smoke-grey ; bill blackish 

 lake-red ; legs and feet vermilion-red ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0*9,, 

 wing 8-8, tail 3'6, tarsus 0'95 inch. In winter the head is white, the crown 

 and nape tinged with grey, the legs and feet yellowish red. 



Hah North-eastern Europe; rare in Norway and Sweden; Fin- 

 land to Uleaborg ; Russia to Archangel ; has once been obtained 

 in the Fseroes ; of irregular occurrence in Britain ; in winter 

 it ranges south to the Mediterranean and North Africa ; North 

 Asia, east to the Sea of Ochotsk, but rare in South-east Siberia,, 



