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LARID«“— continued. 
America. 
Breeds in Greenland, most common be- 
tween 68° and 66°. (Newton.) 
Larus atricilla.* Linn. (Laughing Gull. ) 
On the east coast of America, from 
Maine down to the mouths of the 
Amazons, and to the West Indies. 
On the Pacific side, California, 
Mexico, Guatemala, and as far south 
as Tumbez, the northern frontier of 
Peru. (Howard Saunders. ) 
Larus philadelphie.* Ord, (Bonapart’s 
Gull.) 
British North America and Alaska Gn 
summer), breeding on the Yukon and 
neighbouring localities; in autumn it 
descends the coasts of America as far 
as California on the west, and North 
Carolina on the east. (Howard 
Saunders. ) 
Common in Greenland. (Newton.) 
Rhodostethia rosea.  Macgill. (Ross's 
Rosy Gull.) 
Four have been taken in Disco Bay, 
Greenland; one of which is in the 
Cambridge University Museum, and 
three at Copenhagen. 
Two were obtained at Melville Penin- 
sula; one of which is in the Univer- 
sity Museum, Edinburgh, and one in 
the Derby Museum, Liverpool. 
(Dresser. ) 
Xema sabinii.* Sabine. (Sabine’s Gull.) 
Mr. Howard Saunders gives its habitat 
in America as Arctic America, breed- 
ing to the north of Upernavik, in 
Greenland, and then across to the 
west, breeding in Alaska (Dall); and 
southward in autumn, to New York 
on the east, and Great Salt Lake, 
Utah, on the west; but Messrs. 
Sclater and Salvin have a specimen 
Europe. 
though often found at Gibraltar. Has 
occurred in Sicily, Greece, and the 
Danube. Common at the Canaries. 
(Dresser. ) 
Japau. (Howard Saunders.) 
Larus atricilla. 
According to Mr. Harting’s Hand-book, 
one was taken out of five at Win- 
chelsea, August, 1774. (Montagu. 
Orn. Dict.) 
Two near Hastings. 
Cit.) 
One, Lodmoor, Weymouth, winter, 1850, 
(Thompson, Zool., 1851, p. 8055.) 
(Montagu, Op. 
Larus philadelphic. 
According to Mr. Harting’s Hand book, 
one occurred near Belfast, Ist Feb- 
ruary, 1848. (Zool., 1849, p. 2069.) 
One on Loch Lomond, April, 1850. (Sir 
G. Leith, Zool., 1851, p. 3117.) 
One on one of the English lakes. (Yar- 
rell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Vol. III., p. 
555.) 
One off Skerries, county Dublin, 14th 
February, 1855. (Hon. T. L. Powys, 
Zool., 1855, p. 4762.) 
One, Dublin Bay, July, 1864. 
Knox, Zool., 1866, p. 306.) 
One, Falmouth Harbour, autumn, 1864. 
(Rodd, Zool., 1865, p. 9501.) 
(Blake 
Rhodostethia rosea. 
Two in the Museum at Mayence are 
said to have been obtained at Kam- 
schatka ? 
One, obtained in Heligoland, is in the 
collection of Herr Gitke. 
One was obtained at the Faroe Islands, 
Feb., 1863; Herr Benzon, Copen- 
hagen, Ibis, 1856, p. 103. 
One, which is said to have occurred at 
Tedeaster, Yorkshire, Feb., 1847. 
(Dresser. ) 
Ross and Parry state that it was seen 
north of Spitzbergen in about 82° N. 
lat., and Lieut. Payer says it was 
obtained about Franz-Joseph Land. 
(Howard Saunders.) 
Xema sabinii. 
According to Mr. Harting’s handbook, 
fifteen have occurred in Britain, and 
seven in Ireland. 
Another was taken on the coast of 
Donegal, 19th Sept., 1878.  (Wil- 
liams, Zool., 1878, p. 437.) 
According to Mr. Dresser, one has oc- 
curred at Heligoland. (Professor 
Blasius, Ibis, 1862, p. 71.) 
