sabine's gull. 
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Ireland. It was shot in company with terns (Sterna) in the 
Bay of Dublin, on the 12th of September, 1837, and came into 
the possession of H. H. Dombrain, Esq., of that city. This gen- 
tleman has kindly informed me that the specimen corresponds 
with my description of the L. Sabini in the plumage of the first 
year (Mag. Zool. and Bot. vol. i. p. 460) in every respect but one, 
that of having f the under part of the throat and upper part of 
the breast ' white, instead of * pale ash-colour/ as in the first 
bird described. 
“ The seasons of the occurrence of L. Sabini in Ireland approxi- 
mate very closely, though the birds were all obtained in different 
years. In Belfast Bay, they were shot on the 15th and 18th of 
September, and in Dublin Bay on the 12th of the same month. 
The date when the first specimen was procured at the latter locality 
is unknown." — Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 158. 
{e Dec. 1838. — The four individuals above noticed are all which 
have yet been positively recorded as obtained on the British 
shores. 
“ In the Appendix to Ross's Second Yoyage, p. xxxvii., it is 
remarked, under the head of Lams Sabini — ' I have lately heard 
that it has also been found on the west coast of Ireland.' By 
Capt. James C. Ross, the author of the zoological portion of the 
volume, I have been told that this information was derived from 
the late Joseph Sabine, Esq. The article on L. Sabini was 
written by Capt. Ross early in 1 834, in the month of April in 
which year I first announced the species as having been obtained 
in Ireland. Mr. Sabine was present when the communication was 
read to the Linnean Society, and, in expressing his gratification to 
me on the addition of the species (of which he was the original 
describer) to the British Eauna, said nothing of its occurrence on 
any part of the British shores being known to him. Erom his 
remarks, indeed, I am certain that he was not at that time aware 
of any British specimens, and as he did not subsequently record 
any fact of the kind, I am induced to believe that it was merely 
the individuals announced to the Linnean Society that were al- 
luded to, with the error of the “ west " being substituted for the 
