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MR. H. SAUNDERS ON THE LARIISLB. 



[Feb. 5, 



29. Larus bulleri, Hutton. (Figs. 6 & 7.) 



Gavia pomare, Bruch, J. f. Orn. 1855, p. 285 (not of 1853, 

 which = L. novce-hollandice). 



Bruchigavia melanorhynchus, Buller, Ibis 1869, p. 43 (nee L. 

 melanorhynchus, Temm .) . 



Larus {Bruchigavia) melanorhynchus, Finsch, Ibis, 1869, p. 381 ; 

 Travers, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1871, p. 209- 



Larus bulleri, Hutton, Cat. Birds New Zeal. 1871, p. 41 ; Potts, 

 Ibis, 1872, p. 38 ; Buller, B. New Zeal. p. 276, et fig. 



Hab. This species appears to be restricted to New Zealand, and 

 perhaps to the South Island. 



I have examined the type of Bruch's L. pomare of 1855 ; and it is 

 undoubtedly of this species ; but the type of his L. pomarre of 1853 



Fig. 6. 



1 . 2. 3. 



Three outer primaries of L. bulleri, old, from the type. 



is as certainly L. novce-hollandiee ; and it is to the latter that Mr. 

 Buller alludes as having been examined by him previous to the pub- 

 lication of his ' Birds of New Zealand.' The third specimen entitled 

 L. pomare in the Mainz collection is a young L. ridibundus ! Bruch's 

 name, therefore, cannot be employed, having been previously applied 

 to another species ; and this species must stand as Larus bulleri, 



