190 laridjE. 



= of the sea, m&re. 



A resident or partial migrant, generally distributed along 

 the British coasts ; but, as a breeder, more abundant in the 

 western and northern districts. It inhabits Northern and 

 Temperate Europe, passing southwards in winter to the 

 Mediterranean as far as Greece and the Canaries. It breeds 

 in Labrador, visiting Florida in winter, and has occurred in 

 Japan. 



[Larus atricilla. JjAvamNB Gull. 



Larus Atricilla, Lmw^M*, S. N. i. p. 225 (1766). 



Gavia atricilla, Macg. v. p. 585. 



Larus atricilla, Gray, p. 234; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 557; id. 



ed. 3, iii. p. 576; Harting, p. 175. 

 The Laughing Gull, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 439. 



Atricilla, diminutiTe from ater = black, on the analogy of Albicilla, Motaoilla, 

 &a., q. V. 



A single specimen (said to have been one of five seen near 

 Win Chelsea, August 1774) is in the collection formed by 

 Col. Montagu, now in the British Museum. The species 

 inhabits the Nearctic and northern Neotropical Regions.] 



Larus ichthyaetus. Great Black-headed Gull. 



Larus Ichthyaetus, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, ii. App. 

 p. 713 (1773). 



Larus ichthyaetus. Gray, p. 233; Harting, p. 175; Dresser, 

 viii. p. 369. 



Ichthyaetus = liah-eagle ; from tx^^^ "1" «p7"os. 



A single specimen in full breeding-plumage obtained at 

 the mouth of the Exe at the end of May or the beginning of 

 June 1859, is uow in the Exeter Museum. The species in- 

 habits the shores and waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, 

 the Black and Caspian Seas, Egypt, the Red Sea and India. 



