18/8.] 



MR. H. SAUNDERS ON THE LARIN^B. 



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Larus cahirimis, " Hemp. & E., Syria," Mus. Berolst (file H. S.). 



Larus cahiricus, " Ehr. Arabia," id. (fide H. S.). 



Ilab. Northern and temperate Europe, breeding; the Mediter- 

 ranean coast to Egypt and Asia Minor, the Red Sea, Arabian coast, 

 and the coast, interior waters, and rivers of India ; ascending for 500 

 miles up the Burrampootra (Godwin-Austen), Burma, China, and 



Fie. 12. 



1. 2. 3. 



Three outer primaries of L. ridibundus, jr. 



Japan in winter ; also throughout the more temperate portions of 

 Siberia (breeding). It is said by Schlegel to visit " South Africa;" 

 but I remain rather suspicious of the accuracy of the collectors who 

 are responsible for that somewhat vague locality, so long as this state- 

 ment is unconfirmed from other sources. 



40. Larus maculipennis, Licht. (Fig. 13.) 



Larus maculipennis, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 83 (1823), Monte 

 Video (type examined, H. S.) ; Scl. & Salv. Nom. Av. Neotrop. p. 

 148 (1873); Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 43 (Chuput valley, Patagonia) ; 

 id. torn. cit. p. 202 (prov. B. Ayres). 



Xema eirrhocephalum, Gould, Zool. Beagle, iii. p. 142 (1841), 

 parti m. 



