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LARII) J£.— STERCORARIID2E. 
Gabianus pacificus georgii (King). 
Larus georgii King, Survey Intertrop. Coasts Austr. vol. ii. p. 423, 
“ 1827 = April 26th, 1826 : King George Sound, West Australia. 
(Fig. Math. pi. 121.) 
Distr .—South-West Australia. 
Family STERCORAR1 ID JE. 
Genus CATHARACTA Briinnieh. 
Catharacfa Briinnieh, Ornith. Boreal. ]). 32 (prof. Feb. 20th), 1764. 
Type (by subsequent designation, Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. ]). v, 
1852 (1853): Catharacfa skua Briinnieh. 
Pomarinus G. Fisher, Nat. Mua. Naturg, Paris, vol. ii. p. 185 (pref. March Cth), 
1803. Type (by monotypy): Potnarinu# fuxc.us — C. skua Briinnieh. 
Megalettris, Bonaparte, Compton Kendua Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xliii. p. G43, 
Sept. 1856. Typo (by monotypy) : Stercorarius catarrhactes-=C. skua 
Briinnieh. * 
Buphagns Cones, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1863, p. 124, May. Type (by 
original designation): C. skua Briinnieh. Not Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, 
p. 129, 1855. 
Catharacta lonnbergi (Mathews). (25-319.) 
Catharacfa antarcfica lonnhergi Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. 
p. 212, Jan. 31st, 1912 : New Zealand Seas. 
Distr. —Southern Australian, New Zealand, and Antarctic 
Seas. 
Note. — Catharacfa anfarctica (Lesson) is quite distinct from lonn¬ 
hergi on skeletal characters, cf. Dr. Percy Lowe, in lit. 
Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders). 
Distr .— New Zealand (one occurrence, Stewart Island, 1895), 
Antarctica, Victoria Land (breeding). 
Catharacta maccormicki maccormicki (Saunders). (25-321.) 
Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders, Dull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. iii., 
p. xii, Dec. 30th, 1893: Victoria Land. (Fig. Cat. Birds xxv! 
pi. 1 ; Wilson, Nat. Ant. Exp. pis. 12-13.) 
Distr .—Victoria Land to New Zealand. 
Genus STERCORARiUS Brisson. 
Stercorarius Brisson, Ornith. vol. i. p. 56, vol. vi. p. 149, 1700. 
Type (by tautonymy) : Stercorarius=Larus parasiticus Linne. 
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