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BIRDS OF KEKGUELEN ISLiAND. 



Lariis anfijpodum, Gray. 



Dominicanus antipoditm, Bruch, J. f. O. 1853, p. 100, pi. 2, f. 8; 1855, p. 231. 



Bonaparte, Consp. A v. ii, 1856, p. 214. 

 CJupeilarus aniipodum, Boxaparte. 



Larus verreauxi, Bonaparte, Eev. Zool. 1854, p. 7 ; Naum. 1854, p. 211. 

 Dominicanus verreauxi, Bruch, J. f. O. 1855, p. 281. 

 Clupeilarus verreauxi, Bonaparte, Consp. Av. ii, 1856, p. 221. 

 Larus capensis, " Smith, MSS." (Gray.) 

 Larus fuscus, ' ' Fritze ". ( Gray. ) 

 Larus littoralis, "Fouster". {Gray.) 

 Larus antarcticus, "Ellman". (Gray.) 



The bird from Kerguelen's Land appears to be the particular style of southern black- 

 backed gull to which the term antipodum has been applied. The bill is very heavy — 

 as Bonaparte says, " rostro crassissimo fere gabianum simulante ". But I have no faith 

 whatever in the specific distinctions which Bonaparte, Bruch, and others have sought 

 to establish among these forms, and do not hesitate to bring them all under one head, 

 following Schlegel and Blasius. — C. 



List of specimens, with measurements. 



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a 

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Remarks. 



68965 

 08964 



08966 

 68967 



68968 



25 



58 



S3 

 84 

 103 

 156 



219 

 220 

 221 



1874. 

 Sept. 29 

 Nov. 7 



Nov. 18 

 Nov. 21 

 Nov. 26 

 Dec. 14 



1875. 

 Jan. 2 

 Jau. 2 

 Jan. 2 



? 

 ? 



9 

 d 

 ? 



23.00 

 22. 75 



22.50 

 22.40 

 23.75 

 22.00 



49.00 

 50.05 



51.50 

 49.25 

 54.50 

 53. QD 



15.25 

 15.06 



16.00 

 15.10 



16.00 

 15.00 



7.00 

 8.00 



7.80 

 6.50 

 6.60 

 6.75 



L85 

 1.75 



1.50 

 1.60 

 1,65 

 1.C0 



2.85 



2.40 

 2.50 

 2.60 

 2.80 



2.75 

 2.40 



2.25 

 2.25 

 2.60 

 2.50 



2.00 

 2.15 



2.20 

 2.00 

 2.25 

 2.10 



0.40 

 0.40 



0.40 

 0.35 

 0.30 

 0.30 



Skin; adult. 



Skin; young; failed 



to identify sex. 

 Skin; adult. 

 Skin ; young. 

 Skin ; adult. 

 Skin J young. 



Young; alcohol. 

 Bo. 

 Do. 































































Bill, adult, saffron-yellow; a red spot at the eminentia symphysis. 

 Young (So. 58) black, with a white spot over nostrils; line of symphysis 

 of lower mandible white; (84) pale-pellow, irregularly streaked with 

 black, hlack spot on pyramidal portion of lower mandible ; (156) yellow, 

 streaked with black, no spot on lower mandible. The measurements 

 are of the " chord of the culmen." From the gape, the bill measures 

 from 2.25 to 2.70 inches. 



Zm, adult, mustard -yellow. Young (Nos. 58 and 156) brown-gray; 

 (84) bright-yellow. 



Head, adult, white ; eyelid coral to deep orange-red. Young, head 

 and neck brown, more or less mottled with white ; eyelid (No. 84) gam- 

 boge. 



Body, adult, back and wings slaty-black, excepting a band of white, 

 about one inch, at ends of primaries and secondaries ; primaries with 

 the usual pictura ; neck, breast, belly, tail, and under parts of wings 



