LAEUS XEMA. 351 



Family "LABIDJE. 



Genus LAKUS, Linnaus. 



LARUS PAOIFICUS, Latham. 

 Pacflc Gxdl. 

 Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust. Vol. ii., sp. 596, p. 385. IE3I / 



This bird ranges over the eastern and southern shores of 

 Australia, but is found more plentifully on the islands of Bass's 

 Straits and Tasmania, where it breeds in colonies on the low islands 

 adjacent to the mainland, depositing its eggs three in number, 

 upon the ledges of the rocks or on shingly beaches. Two eggs 

 taken by the late Mr. S. White of the Reed Beds near Adelaide, 

 are of a light olive, spotted and blotched all over with umber- and 

 blackish-brown, a few nearly obsolete markings appearing as if 

 beneath the surface of the shell. Length (A) 2-82 x 1-89 inches ; 

 (B) 2-85x 2 inches. 



A set taken on the Tasmanian coast in November 1882, are of 

 a darker olive, and have the markings larger and more thickly 

 disposed. Length (A) 2-87 x 1-98 inches ; (B) 2-84 x 1-95 inches; 

 (C).2-9 X 1-93 inches. 



The months of October, November, and December constitute 

 the breeding season of this species. 



Sab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, the Coasts of New 

 South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, Tasmania, West and 

 South-west Australia. (^Ramsay.) 



Genus XEMA, Leach. 

 XEMA NOV^-HOLLANDI^, Stephens. 

 Jameson's Gull. 

 i, Handblc. Bds. Aust, Vol. ii., sp. 597, p. 387. ;2Z: ^ 



This Gull is found all over the eastern and southern portions 

 of Australia, also on the islands of Bass's Straits and Tasmania, It 



