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Larus belcheri. n. s. Zool. Journ. vol. 4. p. 358. 
Lar. fmcescenti-plumbeus, subtus pallidior ; remigibus primariis rectricibusque nigris ; uropygio, remigum rectricumque 
upicibus albis ; rostro rubro, apice nigro, 
Longitudo corporis, 21 ; rostri, 2; aloe, a carpo ad apicem remigis prim®, 11 ; caudoe, 6; tarsi, 2. 
This new species has been dedicated to Capt. Edward Belcher, R.N., the first Lieutenant of the 
Blossom, to whose science and enterprize zoology is indebted for many important acquisitions in 
various departments. 
Larus argentatus. Lath., Ind. Om. p. 814. 
Lesser black -backed Gull. Montagu, Orn. Diet. 
Grande Mouette cendree. Buff., Pl. En. 977. 
The Larus Sabini is stated in Mr. Collie’s notes to have been seen olf the coast of California, and 
at Behring’s Straits. Several other Gulls are in the collection, but, being either young and imper- 
fectly plumaged birds, or in bad condition, are passed over as not available for accurate description. 
The Lestris parasiticus is also stated by Mr. Collie “ to have been seen at a distance in Behring’s 
Straits, the two long tail-feathers appearing as knobbed. Three or four of these birds were observed 
at a time pursuing the other Gulls, Puffins, &c., as they fished in a body, or collected other prey, and 
making them drop the food they caught, which they seized when falling.” 
Procellaria capensis. Linn., Syst. Nat. vol. 1. p. 213. sp. 5. 
White and black spotted Peteril. Edw., t. 90. 
Le Petrel tachete, ou le Damier. Buff., PI. Enl. 964. 
“ Flocks of this bird,” says Mr. Collie, “ attended us all along the coast of South America, some- 
times at more than five hundred miles from land, but they did not enter the harbour of Rio Janeiro.” 
Diomedea exulans. Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. 1. p. 568. sp. 1. 
Wandering Albatross. Penn., Arct. Zool. vol. 2. p. 506. sp. 423. 
L’Albatros, du Cap de bonne Esperance. Buff., PI. Enl. 237. 
Diomedea fuliginosa. Lath., Ind. Om. p. 790. sp. 4. 
Sooty Albatross. Forst., Voy. 1. p. 91. 
Mr. Collie informs us that “ a good many of these birds flew about the ship when off the coast of 
South America, from two hundred to five hundred miles from land, between the 40th and 50tb degrees 
of south latitude. A specimen, from which the following description was taken, being hung by the bill 
before it was dead, had a small drop of tears collected in each eye. 
“ The bill was black, with a greenish-blue linear membrane separating, longitudinally, the lateral 
part of the lower mandible, and extending from the base to the articulation of the extreme piece. 
The eye was black, the iris dark brown. A segment of a circle of white feathers surrounded three- 
fourths of the eye, placed superiorly and posteriorly on the margin of the eyelids. The web of the foot 
was finely dentated at the margin between the toes. The external sides of the two external toes were 
furnished with a coriaceous membrane thicker than the web, about one-eighth of an inch wide, its 
margin being entire. 
“ The mass of the pectoral muscles was very large, about one-fifth of the bulk of the whole body. 
