PLATE LXVIII. 



refers however to the Larus Glaucus of the Llnnaean Transactions 

 as his type of the species, and is again in his turn contradicted by 

 Captain Sabine, the writer of that paper, in a passage no Jess 

 explicit^ — " the Larus Glaucus of Temminck is not quoted here, 

 because it will be afterwards shown to be of a different species 

 vol. 1 2. p. 544. and he proceeds accordingly in his endeavours to 

 show that the Larus Glaucus of Temminck is no other than a 

 Herring- gull (Larus Fuscus), so that according to this observation 

 we should again dissent from Temminck, even in the admission of 

 the few synonyms of Dr. Latham, which he had before considered as 

 correct, or we should confound the Glaucous and the Herring^guU 

 of Dr. Latham as the same species. Nor do all the difficulties 

 started by writers on this subject terminate at this point, the appendix 

 of Captain Ross and the addenda of Dr. Leach in the Zoological 

 memoranda of that voyage affords some curious matter for our further 

 observation, for while in one place we are taught to consider the 

 Larus Glaucus as an abundant species of Gull, from lat. 65. to 72. 

 we meet with another remark in the succeeding lines that seems at 

 least to render this information doubtful, and afford us some reason- to 

 imagine, if it can be possible, that under the name of Larus Glaucus 

 they had previously intended another bird, for it is said July l\th. 

 in lat. 74. two females were shot,'' and These are theonly twoUrds 



added that Mr. Temminck excludes from among his synonyms the following 

 references which Gmelin has arranged under his species Glaucus. Oedm, 

 nov. act. Stockh. 1783. n.l. p. 96. n. 1. 

 Larus Albus. Olaff. isL p. 356. 572. 



Larus Hyperboreus. Linn. Finm. cum Not. Gunner, p. 283. 

 Larus Cinereus. Briss. av. 6. p. 160. n. 2. 



And of the Fabrician synonyms, Larus Glaucus. Mull, prodr. 16&» < 



