No. 4.] COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY LARID^, 1017 



1876. Saunders, H. Ou tlie Stercorariinte or Skua Gulls. < P. Z. S., Mar. 91, 187G, 

 pp. 317-332, pi. xxiv. 



Monographic ; copious synonymy, description and criticism. The author recognizes one 

 genus and G spp. Stercorarius eatarrhactes, S. antarcticus, S. chilensis (figured pi. 24), S. poma- 

 torhinus, S. crepidatus (^^parasiticus auct.), and S. parasiticus L. {=:buffoni auct.). Of the 

 smaller species the same three spp. as given by Coues are recognized, but the synonymy is 

 much better worked out. 



1876. Saunders, H. Ou the Sterniute, or Terus, with Descriptious of three new 

 Species. < P. Z. S., June 20, 1876, pp. 638-672, figg. 1-5, pi. Ixi. 



The second of three papers in which the Jiigers, Terns, and Gulls are respectively mono- 

 graphed. The author studied the family diligently, and enjoyed exceptional facilities for 

 exam in ing type-specimens ; his results, therefore, being entitled to much consideration. 

 After some general remarks, the following species are treated with synonymy, criticism, 

 geographical distribution, and in some cases with description * — 



1, Hydrochelidon hybri(ia ,- 2, S. leucoptera ,- 3, H. nigra. 4, Sterna magnirostris ; 5, S. 

 anglica ; 6, S. seena ; 7, S. melanogastra ,- 8, S. antarctica ; 9, S. virgata ,- 10, S. vittata ; 11, 

 S. hirundinacea ; 12, S. albigena ; 13, S. fluviatilis ; 14, S. tihetana, sp. n., p. 649; 15, S. longi- 

 pennis ; 16, S. macrura ,- 17, S. forsteri; 18, S. dougalli ; 19, H. cantiaca ,- 20, S. elegans ; 21, 

 S. eurygnatha, sp. n., p. 654, fig. 1; 22, 8. media ; 23, S. maxima ; 24, S. oaspia ; 25, S. hern- 

 steini ; 26, S. bergii; 27, S. frontalis ; 28, S. trudeauii; 29, S. melanauchen ; 30, S. minuta ; 

 31, S. antillaruni; 32, S. superciliaris ; 33, S. sinensis ; 34, S. sumatrana ,- 35, /S. nereis,- 36, 

 S. exilis ; 37, ;?. balcenarum ; 38, S. aleutica ; 39, S. ancestheta, fig. 3 ; 40, S. lunata ,- 41, S. fu- 

 liginosa, fig. 2. 43, Ncenia inca. 43,'Gygis Candida, fig. 4; 44, O. microrhyneha, sp. n., p. 668, 

 fig. 5. 45, Anons stolidus ; 46, A. tenuirostris, pi. Ixi, fig. 1 ; 47, A. melanogenys, pi. Ixi, fig. 2; 

 48, A. leueocapillus, pi. Ixi, fig. 3 ; 49, A. cceruleus (cf. P. Z. S., 1878, p. 271, seq. ). 



See Coues, Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii, 1878, pp. 140-142. 



1876. Tuck, J. G. Little Gulls [Larus minutus] ofif Flamhorough Head. < Zoologist, 



2d ser., xi, Feb., 1876, p. 4804. 

 1876. Tuck, J. G. Glaucous Gull [Larus giaucus] at Flamborough. <^ Zoologist, £d 



ser., xi, Feb., 1876, p. 4804. 

 1876. Tuck, J. G. Sandwich Tern [Sterna cantiaca] on Filey Brigg. <^ Zoologint, 2d 



ser., xi, Feb., 1876, p. 4804. 

 1876. Tuck, J. G. Ivory Gull [Pagophila eburnea], »&.c. <^ Zoologist, 2d ser. , xi, June, 



1876, p. 4960. 

 1876. Walden, Lord. [Letter on Sterna albigena Riipp. on the Bombay Coast.] 



< lUs, 3d ser., vi, July, 1876, pp. 384, 385. 



1876. WhitakeRjJ. Common Skua [Stercorarius skua] near Mansfield. <^Zoologist, 



2d ser., xi, Apr., 1876, p. 4883. 



1877. Anderson, A. [Remarks on exhibition of young examples of Rhynchops albi- 



coUis and Seena aurantia.] < P. Z. *S., Dec. 4, 1877, p. 807. 



No difference in the bills on first hatching, so that the extraordinary shape of that of 

 Bhyncliops must be later developed. 



1877. Deane, R. Occurrence of the Sooty Tern [Sterna fuliginosa] in Massachusetts. 



<_^ Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Cluh, ii. No. 1, Jan., 1877, p. 27. 

 1877. GuRNEY, J. H., Jr. [On a peculiar white stage of plumage of Larus giaucus.] 



<IWs, 4th ser., i, Oct., 1877, p. 492. 

 This seems to be what Coues called Larus hutchinsii (after Kich., F. B. A., ii, 1831, p. 419) 



in Pr. Phila. Acad., 1862, p. 294. See Coues, B. Northwest, 1874, p. 621. 

 1877. Hume, A. O. [Letter on the distinctness of species of Anons, with reference to 



P. Z. S., 1876, p. 638, pi. Ixi.] < P. Z. S.,^ov. 6, 1877, p. 683. 

 1877. Roberts, T. S. Notes on the Breeding of the Black Tern (Hydrochelidon lari- 



formis) in Minnesota. <^Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Cluh, ii, No. 2, Apr., 1877, pp. 



34-36. 

 1877. Rowley, G. D. On Scoulton Mere, Norfolk, and the Black-headed Gull (Larua 



ridibundus). <^Itoivl. Orn. Misc., ii, pt. x, Oct., 1877, jip. 407-416, pll. Ixxvi- 



Ixxviii. 

 Very interesting. The handsome plates represent scenery, filled with the birds. 



Bull. V, 4 32 



