560 



SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 



[Aves. 



Sterna frontalis, Gray. (White-fronted tern.) 



Sterna frontalis, Gray, Zool. Voy. " Erebus " and " Terror," Birds, 1844,* 

 p. 19, pi. XX. 



A specimen in the British Museum is reported to be from the Auckland Islands. 

 Builerf has characterized a larger form under the name *S. bethunei. 

 Hah. — Australia, New Zealand, Chatham and Auckland Islands. 



'-»* --V, ■.'« 





Fig. 9. — Nest and Eggs of Lams dominicanus (Black-backed Gdll), Masked Island, Auckland Islands. 



Eam. LARIDAB. 



TjARus, Linnaeus, 1758. 



Larus dominicanus, Lichenstein. (Black-backed gull.) 



Larus dominicanus, Lichenstein, Verz. Doubl., 1823, p. 82. 



This bird was nesting at the Auckland Islands at the time of our visit, and we 

 found several breeding on Masked Island. 



* See footnote, p. 556. 



t Buller, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxviii, 1896, p. 349. 



