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124 ANOUS ( MEGALOPTERUS) MINUTUS.—WHITE-CAPPED NODDY (117). 
G. 7, 36; H. 615; M. 117 ; fcrop. Pac., AtL, N.T., Q., br. Raine I., Capricorn Is. 
A. minutus Boie, Isis, 3, 188, 1844 ; N.E.A. 
a A . leucocapillus G., P.Z.S. 1845, 103; N.Q., Raine I. 
b A. melanogenys (not Gray) Saunders, P.Z.S. 1876, 670 ; N. Pac. 
e M. m, kermadeci M., A.A.R., 3, 55, 1916; = N.Q., Mackay. 
Family LARID/E : GULLS. 
G. LARUS Linne, Sys. Nat., 1, 136, 1758 ; s.d., L. canus L. [ hollandice . 
Bruchigavia Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., 2, 228, 1857 ; mon., L. novas- 
125 LARUS ( BRUCHIGAVIA) NOV/E-HOLLANDI/E.—SILVER GULL (119). 
G. 7, 20 ; H. 597, 8; M. 120 ; A., T., N.Cal., N.Z. 
L. novce-hollandiw Stephens, Shaw’s Gen. Zool., 13, 196, 1826 ; N.S.W. 
a L. jamesoni Wilson, III. Zool., 6, 23, 1829 ; = T. 
b L. erythrorhynchus Burton, Cat. Coll. Mam. Birds Mu., 46, 1838 ; N.S.W. 
c L. australis Reichcnbach, Syn. Av. leones, 65, 1077, 1845 ; N.S.W. 
d Gelastes gouldi (not Bruch 1853) Bonaparte, Naumannia, 216, 1854 ; Torres Str. 
e B. longiroslris Masters, P.L.S. N.S.W., 1877, 113 ; S.W.A., Albany, 
f L. ». gunni M., Nov. Zool., 18, 212, 1912 ; T. 
g L. n . eihelce M., A.A.Il., 1, 30, 1912 ; S.A., Kangaroo I. 
h B. n. yorki M., Sup., Checklist, 20, 1920 ; new name for (d). 
O. GABIANUS Bruch, Jour, fur Om., 2, 100, 1853 ; mon., Larus pacificus. 
126 GABIANUS PACIFICUS.—PACIFIC GULL (120). 
G. 7 ,19 ; H. 596 ; M. 121 ; T., Sn.A. from Shark Bay to Rockhampton, Q. 
Larus pacificus Latham, Index Orn. Sup., 68, 1801 ; Watling 275 ; N.S.W. 
a Larus frontalis (not Rcichenbach 1795) Vieillot, Nouv. Diet., 21, 505, 1818; T. 
I) L. leucomclas Vieillot, ib. 509 ; T. 
o L. bathyrinchus Macgillivray, Mem. Wern. Soc., 5, 253, 1824 ; = N.S.W. 
d L. georgi King, Survey Intertrop. Co. A., 2, 423, 1826 ; S.W.A., Albany, 
e G. p. kingi M., A.A.R., 3, 56, 1916 ; Q. 
Family STERCORARIID/F : SKUAS. 
G. CATHARACTA Briinnich, Orn. Bor., 32, 1764 ; s.d., C. shut Brunnich. 
Megalestris Bonaparte, Comp. Rend. Ac. Sci., 43, 643, 1856 ; mon., = do. 
127 CATHARACTA ANTARCTICA.—SOUTHERN SKUA. (121). 
G. 7, 21; H. 599; M. 122 ; S. Os.-Sn. A., S.Q., T., S.Vie. (Queenscliff).* 
Ltslris antarctica Lesson, Traite d’Om., 616, 1831 ; Falkland Is. 
❖ CATHARACTA L0NNBERGI. -DARK SOUTHERN SKUA. 
— , S.Os., subantaro. Is.-Sn.A., T., N.Z. 
C . antarctica lonnbergi M., Nov. Zool., 18, 212, 1912 ; N.Z. seas. 
G. STERCORARITJS Brisson, Orn., 1, 56, 1760 ; taut., = Larus parasiticus. 
Lestris Illiger, Prodromus, 272, 1811 ; s.d., do. 
Coprotheres Rcichenbach, Nat. Sys. Vog., 5, 1852 ; o.d., Lestris pomarinus. 
128 STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS.—ARCTIC SKUA (123). 
M. 124 ; Arctic-S. Am., S. Afr., A., T. t N.Z. 
Larus parasiticus L., Sys. Nat., 136, 1758 ; Sweden (coast). 
a Larus crepidatus , Banks in Cook’s Voyage, 2, 15, 1773 ; Atl. O. 
b Lestris richardsoni Swainson, Fan. Bor. Am. Birds, 433, 1831; Barren Grounds, 
c S. p. visitori M., A.A.R., 2, 126, 1915 ; N.S.W., Sydney. 
