1877.] MR. H. SAUNDKRS ON THE LARID.E. 799 



11. Larus canus, Linn. 



Larus canus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 224 (1766?). 

 S. Japan, May 1875. 

 A bird of the previous year ; wing-coverts much abraded. 



12. Larus glaucodes, Meyen. 



Larus glaucodes, Meyen, Obs. Zool. p. 115, pi. 24 (1834) ; Sol. 

 & Salv. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 578. 



[No. 650, c?. Messier Channel, Straits of Magellan, January 4th, 

 1876. Eyes hazel, feet and bill reddish.] 



A bird of a full year old, the tail being nearly devoid of the band 

 showing immaturity ; but the shoulders retain some brownish feathers. 



Two eggs presented by Mr. Deans, of Stanley, Falkland Islands, 

 marked " Tern Gull " appear to belong to this species, which is a 

 well-known breeder in that group. 



13. Larus nov.e-hollandi.e, Steph. 



Larus novcB-hollandm, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. i. p. 169, 

 ex Lath, (1825). 



Larus jamesonii, Wils. 111. Orn. pi. xxiii. et descript. (1831). 



[No. 131, c?.l Raine Island, N. Australia. Eyes white; bill 

 No. 132, 2 . J coral, tip darker. Only a few about the island.] 



From its larger size and the difference in the amount of white on 

 the primaries of the adults, this form seems to be fairly separable 

 from L. scopulinus, of New Zealand, and is undoubtedly distinct 

 from its ally, L. hartlaubi, Bruch, of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Specimens from the northern portions of Australia are much wanted ; 

 and these two examples are therefore of unusual value. 



14. Larus dominicanus, Licht. 



Larus dominicanus, Licht. Verz. d. Doubl. p. 82 (1823). 

 [1 specimen. Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island. 

 No. 683, S ■ Nassau Harbour, Straits of Magellan, January 11th- 

 13th, 1876. Eyes grey; bill yellow ; angle of lower mandible red.] 



1 egg from Kerguelen Island 1 The latter partake rather more of the 



2 eggs from Elizabeth Island, i- bold markings characteristic of the 



Straits of Magellan. J eggs of i. marinus thaxi the former. 



Two adult specimens. I can detect no specific difference betweea 

 the examples of this form, which ranges from New Zealand to South 

 A frica, and thence to the extra-tropical portions of South America. 



15. Stercorarius antarcticus (Less.). 



Lestris antarcticus. Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 616 (1831). 



Sterqorarius antarcticus, Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 321. 



[1 specimen. Inaccessible Island, Tristan d'Acunha, October 

 16th, 1873. 



1 specimen. Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island, January 1874. 



No. 732, $ . Falkland Islands, January-February 1876. Eyes 

 hazel.] 



The two former are of the usual dusky colour ; the last shows the 



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