GAVJ7E, TUBINAKES. 
Aves 59 
GAVEE. 
Larida;. 
Lariclce [of the Californian coast] ; H. W. Henshaw, Auk, ii. pp. 231 
& 232. 
Anous stolidus and A. cinereus , breeding habits at Norfolk I.; W. M. 
Crowfoot, Ibis, 1885, pp. 264 & 265. A. melanogenys breeds in colonies 
on the branches of the white oak ( Lagunaria patersoni) at Norfolk I. ; 
id. t. c. p. 264. 
Gygis Candida breeds singly on the white oak ( Lagunaria patersoni), 
the iron-wood ( Notelcea longifolia ), and the blood-wood ( Baloghia lucid a), 
without any nest, at Norfolk I. ; id. t. c. pp. 266-268. 
Larus kamtschatckensis (head) ; L. Stejneger, Bull. No. 29 U. S. Nat. 
Mus. 1885, pi. vi. fig. 4. L. kumlieni ? from Alaska; J. Murdoch, 
Exped. to Pt. Barrow, p. 123 [see also Harvie-Brown, J. A.]. L . 
pomarce , breeding habits ; T. H. Potts, Zool. 1885, pp. 148-150. L. schis- 
tiscigus (head) ; L. Stejneger, Bull. No. 29 U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, pi. vi. 
fig. 3. 
RJiodostethia rosea not uncommon as an autumn visitant; J. Murdoch, 
Exped. to Pt. Barrow, Alaska, pp. 123-125, pis. i. & ii. [The writer 
describes a very rosy state of plumage from freshly killed specimens ; and 
also the plumage of immature birds of the year, which has never been 
done with perfect certainty before, on account of the absence of dates.] 
Stercorarius cephus , S. poma\_to~\r\Ji\inus in Austria ; J. Talsky, J. f. O, 
1885, pp. 162-165. 
Sterna bergii , skeleton figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Vogel-skel. 
pi. lxxii. S. fuliginosa, breeding habits at Norfolk I. ; W. M. Crowfoot, 
Ibis, 1885, p. 266. 
Xemci sabinii , type presented to Brit. Mus. ; Edd. t. c. p. 455 \cf. Yarrell 
(Saunders) iii. p. 575] : specimen shot at Seaham Harbour, Durham ; J. 
Hancock, Tr. North Durh. 1884, pp. 27 & 28. [See also Harvie-Brown, 
J. A.] 
TUBINAKES. 
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Pkocellariida. 
The family, sub voce “ Petrel ” ; A. Newton, Ency.cl. Brit. ed. 9, xviii. 
Diomedea brachyura , variations -in form of beak during its growth : 
R. W. Shufeldt, Auk, ii. pp. 175-178, 4 cuts. The author is of opinion 
that the Albatross does not moult any part of the horn of the bill, as the 
Alcidce do, though the beak becomes comparatively deeper in the adult. 
Fulmarus glacialis glupischa (heads) ; L. Stejneger, Bull. No. 29 U. S, 
Nat. Mus. [1885], pi. vi. figs. 1 & 2. 
CEstrelata fisheri and CE. defilippiana , distinctions; R. Ridgway, P. U, 
S. Nat. Mus. viii. pp. 17 & 13. 
Pagodroma nivea (head); Pagensteeher, Vogel Siid-Georgiens, pi. 
