ORDER LONGIPENNES. 



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[50.] Lams afElnis Reinh. 



Siberian Gull. 



Larus affinis Reinh. Vid. Med. 1853, 78. 



[B — C — , R 665, C 776.] 



Hab. Greenland ; Asia and Europe, southward in winter to North 

 Africa. 



51. Lams argentatus Brunn. 



Herring Gull. 



Larus argentatus Brunn. Orn. Bor. , 764, 44. 



[B — , C 547, R 666, C 772.] 



Hab. Old World, south to the Azores ; Cumberland Sound ; occa- 

 sional on the eastern coast of the United States. 



51 a. Lams argentatus smithsonianus Coues. 



American Herring Gull. 



Larus smithsonianus CouES, Pr. Ac Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 296. 

 Larus argentatus var. smithsonianus Coues, Check List, 1873, 

 no. 547 a. 



[B 661, C 547 a, R 666 a, C 773.] 



Hab. North America generally, breeding on the Atlantic coast 

 from Maine northward ; in winter south to Cuba and Lower California. 



52. Lams cachinnans Fall. 



Pallas's Gull. 



Larus cachift nans Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. II. 1826, 318. 



[B - C -, R 667, C 775.] 

 Hab. Asia, from the Red Sea to the Pacific and Arctic Oceans j 

 coast of Alaska, south in winter to California. 



53. Lams californicus Lawr. 



California Gull. 



Larus californicus La vr. Ann. Lye. N, Y. VI. 1S54, 79. 



[B 663, C 548^, R 668, C 777.] 

 Hab. Western Province of North America, from Alaska to Mexico. 



