. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 236 Brucliigavia jamesonii, Bp. Comp. Av. ii. p. 228 (1857); Gould, Handb. B'. Austr. ii. p. 387 (1805). Bruchigavia coralliuus, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 228 (1857). Larus scopulimis major, Schleg. Mus. , Lari, p. 29 (1863). Larus gouldii, Gray, Hand-l. B. 116, no. 11003 (Torres Str.); Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1878, p. 201; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 22 (1888). Bruchigavia longirostris. Masters, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1878, p. 113 (King George Sound; juv.). Larus longirostris, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1878, p. 201; id. Ta


. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 236 Brucliigavia jamesonii, Bp. Comp. Av. ii. p. 228 (1857); Gould, Handb. B'. Austr. ii. p. 387 (1805). Bruchigavia coralliuus, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 228 (1857). Larus scopulimis major, Schleg. Mus. , Lari, p. 29 (1863). Larus gouldii, Gray, Hand-l. B. 116, no. 11003 (Torres Str.); Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1878, p. 201; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 22 (1888). Bruchigavia longirostris. Masters, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1878, p. 113 (King George Sound; juv.). Larus longirostris, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1878, p. 201; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 22 (1888). Bruchigavia jamesoni, var. gouldi, G. F. Matheu; Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1886, p. 256 (Claremont Is.). Xema novse-hollandise. North, Nests Sf Eyys Austr. 5. p. 351 (1890). Gelastes novse-hollandiEe, Heine ^- Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein, p. 359 (1890). Adult male in hreecling-plumage. Head, neck, tail, and under surface white, the last with a rosy blush; mantle and secondaries pearl-grey as in the preceding species ; 1st and 2i)d primaries black at the tip and over the larger portions, with long white mirrors ;. Larus iwvts-kollandice, ad. 3rd quill with a white tip, followed by a black bar, then an irregular white mirror formed by the black of the inner web reaching the shaft, and then a large basal patch of white ou both sides of the shaft (see cut): in exceptionally mature birds, however, the black does not extend to the shaft, so that the white is continuous to the sub- terminal band, and moreover the outer quills have minute white tips ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London


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