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LAEUS MINUTUS. 



(LITTLE GULL.) 



Larus minutus, Pall. Eeise Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 702 (1771). 



Larus atricilloides, Falk. Reis. iii. p. 355, t. 24. 



Xema minutum, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 365. 



Larus Dorbignii, Aud. Hist. Nat. de FEgypte, p. 271, pi. 9. fig. 3 (1825). 



Hydrocolceus minutus, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. der europ. Thiere, p. 113 (1829). 



Larus nigrotis, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 619 (1831). 



Chroicocephalus minutus, Eyton, Cat. Brit. B. p. 54 (1836). 



Gavia minuta, Macgill. Hist. Brit. B. v. p. 613 (1852). 



Little Gull, Bussian Mow, English ; Mouette pygmee, French ; Gabbianello, Italian ; Zwerg- 

 mbwe, German ; De Diverg-meeuw, Dutch ; Lwcerg Maage, Danish ; Dverg Mclse, Swedish ; 

 Tschaika malaya, Russian. 



Figure notabiles. 



Sav. Descr. de l'Egypte, pi. 9. fig. 3 ; St.-Hilaire, Exp. Scientif. de Moree, pi. 5 ; Nauru. Vog. 

 Deutschl. pi. 258; Gould, B. of Eur. v. pi. 428; Kjaerb. Orn. Danic. tab. xli. figs. 1, 2; 

 Schl. Vog. van Nederl. pis. 355, 356 ; Yarr. Brit. B. iii. p. 426 ; Gould, B. of Gt. Brit. 

 pt. xvi. 



c? mstiv. supra pulchre et pallide canus : pileo undique nigro : collo postico cum dorso superiore, uropygio 

 tectricibusque supracaudalibus albis : remigibus supr&, canis, subtus cinerascenti-nigris scapis albis, 

 pennis omnibus conspicue albo terminatis : cauda pure alba : subtus albus roseo iudutus : subalaribus 

 cinerascentibus, plumis axillaribus canescenti-albis : rostro nigricanti-rubro : pedibus miniatis. 



2 astiv. mari omnino similis. 



d Mem. similis ptilosi sestivse, sed pileo albo versus nucham cano, nee nigro : peetore roseo induto. 



av. hornot. supra canus, dor si plumis quibusdam brunneis : pileo brunneo nigro mix to, fronte alba, : genis et 

 regione auriculari nigricantibus : tectricibus alarum nigricantibus, minimis plerumque canis, majoribus 

 albo et cano marginatis : remigibus suprli, nigricantibus, pogonio interno fere omnino albo, pennis 

 omnibus albo terminatis, primariis interioribus et secundariis exterioribus latius : dorso postico nigri- 

 cante, uropygio et tectricibus supracaudalibus albis, his brunneo paullulum notatis : cauda alba, parte 

 apicali nigra, fasciam latam nigram formante : subtus albus, pectoris summi lateribus vix brunnescenti- 

 bus : subalaribus et plumis axillaribus pure albis : rostro corneo-nigro : pedibus carneis. 



Adult male in summer plumage. Back beautifully delicate French-grey ; head black all over, the throat 

 included ; back and sides of the neck, upper part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, as well as 

 the tail itself, pure white; wing- coverts of the same colour as the back; quills delicate grey above like 

 the back, all the feathers tipped with white, the under surface of the wing greyish black ; under surface 



