134 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



Order GAVIM. 



Family LAEID^. 



Genus LARUS. 



307. Larus ichthyaetus. 



Gavia ichthyaetus (Pall.), Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873). 



Lams ichthyaetus, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 415 ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 292 (1876) ; Saunders, P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 198; Prjev. in Eowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 109 (1878). 



No. 1175. Kashghar, December 23, 1873. '' Sent as a present from the King." 

 No. 1529. Panjah, April 14, 1874 



Both are immature specimens, attaining the adult grey plumage. 



308. Laeus brunneicephalus. 



Xema brunneicephala (Jerd.), Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 300, pi. 32 (1873) ; Scully, Str. F. 



iv. p. 203 (1876). 

 Larus brunneicephalus, Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 77 . 

 Chroicocephalus brunneicephalus, Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 109 (1878). 



Dr. Henderson says that this Gull was very abundant in July, at an elevation of about 

 15,000 feet, in a small stream running down from Ohagra into the Pangong Lake. When 

 the Expedition returned in October the majority had disappeared. 



Dr. Scully writes :—'' A few birds of this species were observed at Kashghar in winter 

 (November and December) fishing over the streams and ponds ; and again in January near 

 Sughlak. The Turki name of this Gull is " GhorU: " 



309. Larus ridibundus. 



Xema ridibunda (L.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 301 (1873). 



Larus ridibundus, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 292 (1876) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 415 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, 



p. 594; id, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 88 (1887). 

 Gavia ridibunda, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873). 



Dr. Henderson says that thousands of this species were fishing in the Wular Lake, 

 Kashmir, in November 1870. 



310. Larus argentatus. 



Larus argentatus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 299 



(1873) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 290 (1876). 

 Larus leucophceus. Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 415. 



Dr. Henderson obtained two specimens early in November in the Wular Lake, Kashmir. 



