1878.] 



MR. H. SAUNDERS ON THE LARINjE. 



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" Larus poiocephalus, Sw.,"^ Layard, B. S. Africa, p. 308 (1867), 

 nee Sw. 



Larus hartlaubi, Saunders, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 293. 



Hah. Southern coast of Africa, especially about Table Bay, Cape 

 of Good Hope, where Mr. Layard obtained many specimens and also 

 eggs, some of which he presented to me. 



For a long time this species was supposed to be the winter or 

 hoodless dress of the grey-capped L. phteocephalus, Sw. ; but, as I 

 have already pointed out (P. Z. S. 1874, p. 293), the present species 



Fig. 5. 



1. 2. 3. 



Three first primaries of L. hartlaubi, ad. 



never has a hood at all. It is quite distinct from its close allies L. 

 scopulinus and L. novce-hollandice, and may be recognized by its 

 smaller size, proportionally longer and slenderer bill, which is of a 

 rich crimson, and by the more sooty colour of the under wing- 

 coverts, especially along the carpal joint. There is a small elongated 

 mirror on the first and second primaries ; but the remaining portions 

 of those feathers are black almost to the roots. The drawing (fig. 5) 

 shows the pattern of the primaries. 



