Laridae species illustrations for an unpublished book on Australian birds [picture] /

• Main Author: Medland, Lilian M. (Lilian Marguerite), 1880-1955.
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: between 1930 and 1939. 1930
• Subjects: Gulls > Australia > Pictorial works; Skuas > Australia > Pictorial works; Jaegers (Birds) > Australia > Pictorial works; Laridae > Australia > Pictorial works; Terns > Australia > Pictorial works; Arctic; Pacific; Antarc*; antarcticus; Brown Skua; Pomarine Jaeger; Stercorarius antarcticus; Stercorarius parasiticus; Stercorarius pomarinus
• Online Access: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6183927

Title devised by cataloguer from inscriptions and identification by researcher.; Part of collection: Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.; Inscriptions: "Lilian Medland"--In ink lower right; "Plate F1, Rec January 25 1935, 1/6 nat size"--In ink on verso.; Condition: Yellowing.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6183927. Paintings on card covered by transparent paper with traced and numbered outline of each bird. 1. Anous stolidus (Common Noddy) 2. Thalasseus (Pelicanopus) bergii (Crested Tern) 3. Gelochelidon nilotica (Gull-billed Tern) 4. Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesser Crested Tern) 5. Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian Tern) 6. Stercorarius parasiticus (dark) (Stercorarius parasiticus, Arctic Jaeger) 7. Stercorarius parasiticus (light) (Stercorarius parasiticus, Arctic Jaeger) 8. Bruchigavia novaehollandiae (current name: Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae, Silver Gull) 9. Catharacta bonnbergi [lonnbergi] (current name: Stercorarius antarcticus, Brown Skua) 10. Coprotheres pomarinus (current name: Stercorarius pomarinus, Pomarine Jaeger) 11. Gabianus pacificus (adult) (current name: Larus pacificus Pacific Gull) 12. Gabianus pacificus (immature) (current name: Larus pacificus Pacific Gull)--Identification key on verso.