THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
I have come to the conclusion that it has not hitherto been described, and 
therefore propose for it the name of BrucJiigavia longirostris. 
“The adult has the head, neck, shoulders, rump, tail, and all the under 
surface white ; back and wings, silvery-grey ; the shaft of the first primary 
white at the base, black for the next three inches, then white for about two 
inches, and tipped with black ; the second is marked somewhat in the same 
way, but the white extends much farther from the base ; in the third the white 
extends to within about an inch of the tip ; the web of the first primary is 
black for about two-thirds of its distance from the base, where it is interrupted 
by a large elongate spot of white, not quite reaching to the inner margin ; 
of the second white at the base, and having the large white spot near the tip 
similar to the first ; the third is without the white spot (that colour extending 
from the base to within about an inch from the tip), internally margined with 
black, and slightly tipped with white ; secondaries white externally and crossed 
near the tip with a band of black, which extends along the inner margin, tips 
of the two first white, the others light grey ; scapularies silvery-grey ; spurious 
wing white ; eyelash black ; bill black, with a very slight tinge of red at the 
base ; legs and feet blackish, intermixed with a reddish or brown tint. 
“ In the young or immature specimen the shoulders are mottled with 
brown and the tail is crossed by a distinct band of blackish-brown near 
the tip. 
“ Total length 16 J inches, wing 11.8 inches, from eye to tip of bill 2J 
inches, from gape to tip of bill 2.3 inches, bill from forehead 2.1 inches, greatest 
depth of bill 0.46 inches, bill from anterior margin of nostril 0.8 inches, tarsi 2.1 
inches, middle toe without nail 1.5 inches, hind toe without nail 0.3. 
“ The measurements of B. Jamesonii are given to show the great dif- 
ference that exists between the two species. B. Gouldii from Torres Straits 
is so much like B. Jamesonii that a comparison with that species is not 
necessary. 
“ Total length of B. Jamesonii 14| inches, wing 11.4 inches, from eye to 
tip of bill 1.95 inches, from gape to tip of bill 1.8 inches, bill from forehead 
1.7 inches, greatest depth of bill 0.4 inch, bill from anterior margin of nostril 
0.65 inch, tarsi 2.8 inches, middle toe without nail 1.4 inches, hind toe without 
nail 0.25 inch. B. longirostris can be easily distinguished by its long blackish 
bill and legs, and by the eyelash being black instead of red.” 
I have reproduced the whole of this description, as an example of the 
sin of lumping, well carried out. Ramsay the same year admitted the form, 
and in the Tab. List. Austr. Birds, 1888, he retained it and marked it as 
being in the Australian Museum, Sydney. In the Cat. Birds. Brit. Mus., 
Vol. XXV., 1896, p. 236, Saunders synonymised it, marking it as juv. Larus 
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