BIRDS OF rUE INDIAN EMPIRE . 
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Family Rostratulid^e. 
1989 . ''^ (1488) Rostratula beng^halensis ben^halensis. The 
Painted Snipe. 
Rallus benghalensis Liraw., 8. N.,i., p. lo.S (IT/iS), 
{Asia). 
N. E. Africa, S. Arabia, Persia, India, Ceylon, 
’ Burma, China, etc. 
Order GAVI^. 
Family LARiUiE. 
Sub-family Larince. 
1990 . (1489) Larus ichthyaetus The Great Black-headed Gull. 
Larus ichthyaetus Pall., Reise. Reichs.\Russ., it., p. 713 
(1733), (Caspian Sea). 
Breeding S. Russia to Iritisch. Winter India, 
Burma and Ceylon. 
199 '- (1400) Larus ridibundus ridibundus- T/ie RZac/. 
Gull. 
Larus ridibundus Linn., 8. N., p. 225 (1736), 
(Europe). 
Breeding Europe to Turkestan. Winter N. India 
to Bombay, etc. 
1992 . (1491) Larus brunnicephalus. The Brown-headed 
Gull. 
Larus brunnicephalus ,/crrf., JAfdr. J.A.6' , rii p ->25 
(1840), (India). 
Breeding Central Asia. S. in winter, India, 
Burma, Siam, etc. 
1993 . (1492) Larus hemprichii. The Sooty Gull. 
Adelarus hemprichii J. F. Orn. 1853 « 106 
(Red Sea). 
Coast of East Africa, Red Sea, S. Arabia. 
Mekran and Sind Coasts. 
1994 . (1493) Larus genei. The Slender-billed Gull. 
Larus genei Breme, Rev. Zool., 18.39, r4. ii., p 3->] 
(Africa). 
Mediterranean to Persian Gulf, Mekran, Sind. 
• This genus has little in common with the time Snipes and will have to be 
removed to a position leading from the Rails to tlie Snipe and their other relations. 
