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Show 180 MR. H. SAUNDERS ON THE LARINEE. [Feb. 5, Larus maculatus, Bodd. Tab. Pl. Enl. p. 16 (1783). Larus maximus, Leach, Syst. Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 40 (1816); Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 728 (1831). Leucus marinus, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. pp. 86, 196 (1829). Larus mulleri, Brehm, op. cit. p. 729 (1831). Icarus fabricii, id. op. cit. p. 730 (1831). Dominicanus marinus, Bruch, J. f. Orn. 1853, p. 100 ; id. ib. 1855, p. 280. Larus albus, P. L. S. Miiller, Natursystem, p. 108 (1776), has generally been quoted by copyists as a synonym of this species; but investigation shows that"it is based upon Buffon's " Mouette cendree tachete'e" (vol. vii. p. 424 ; Pl. Enl. 387), which represents a young Rissa tridactyla. Hab. Northern and temperate Europe and Iceland (breeding); visiting the Mediterranean in winter, as far as Greece ; the Canaries, and probably the Azores. In Northern Greenland Prof. Reinhardt assures me that it is very rare ; it breeds in Labrador, occurs on the great lakes of North America, and visits Florida in winter. Lem-beye's specimen, recorded from Cuba, turned out to be L. argentatus (vide J. f. Orn. 1871, p. 290); but it has occurred at the Bermudas (Reid). No record from the American side of the Pacific; but I have examined undoubted specimens from Japan collected by Capt. Blakiston. This is a very great extension of its previously known range. IS. LARUS DOMINICANUS, Licht. Larus dominicanus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 82 (1823); Darwin, Zool. "Beagle," Birds, p. 142 (1841); Cassin, Orn. U.S. Expl. Exp. p. 377 (1858), Callao?; Schlegel, M. P.-Bas, Lari, p. 12 (1863) ; Layard, B. S. Africa, p. 367 (1867) ; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 45 (Chuput, Patagonia); id. torn. cit. p. 201 (prov. B. Ayres). Larus littoreus, Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 46 (1844), Cape of Good Hope. Larus antipodus, Gray, Cat. Anseres Brit. Mus. p. 169 (1844), New Zealand. Dominicanus antipodus, Bruch, J. f. Orn. 1853, p. 100. "Dominicanus pelagicus Anglor.," Bruch, J. f. Orn. 1853, p. 100 (India and Oceania); id. op. cit. 1855, p. 280; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 214 (1857). Dominicanus vetula, Bruch, J. f. Orn. 1853, p. 100, 1855, p. 281 (Cape Good Hope) ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. 214 (1857). "Dominicanus vociferus Anglor.," Bruch, J. f. Orn. 1853, p. 100, 1855, p. 281 (South America). Dominicanus antipodum, Bruch, J. f. Orn. 1855, p. 281 ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 214 (1857). Dominicanus fritzei, Bruch, J. f. Orn. 1855, p. 281 (Straits of Sunda, near Java?) (type inWiesbaden Mus. examined, H. S.); Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 214 (1857). Larus vociferus, Burm. Syst. Uebers. Th. Bras. p. 448 (1856); id. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 518 (1861). |
