1. MEGALESTRIS. 5^15 



] . Megalestris catarrhactes. 



Ciitharacta sldia, Brihin. Orn. Bor. p. 33 (1764 : FBeroesand Iceland). 



Le Goilaiul lirun, Jiriss. Orn. vi. p. 165 (1700). 



Larus catarrhactes *, Litm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 226 (1706), ex Briinn. ; 

 Mohr, Ishml. Naturh. p. 43 (1780) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 003 (1788) ; 

 Lath. Lid. Orn. p. 818 (1790) ; Bmn. E71C. Meth. i. p. 85 (1700) ; 



The Brown and Ferruginous Gull, Pennant, Brit. Zool. p. 140, 

 pi. LO (1706). 



Le Goeland brun, Bi/f. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 408 (1783, e.v Bri.ss.). 



Skua Gull, Lath. Gen. Spi. iii. pt. 2, p. 385 (1785) ; Bewick, Brit. 

 B. ii. p. 212 (1821). 



The Skua, Pennant. Brit. Zool. 2nd ed. p. 417 (1788). 



Cataracta skua, Retz. F. Siiec. p. 161 (1800) ; Bp. Comp. List B. Bur. 

 ^- N. Atner. p. 63 (1838) ; id. Cat. Ucc. Bur. p. 79 (1842) ; G. R. 

 Gray, List Genera B. p. 78 (1840) ; Reichenb. Av. Syst. Nat., 

 Lonf/ip. pp. iv & V (1852) ; Brehm, Naiim. 1855, p. 293. 



Catarracta lusca, Leach, S. Cat. M. if B. Brit. Mus. p. 40 (1816) ; 

 id. Thorns. Ann. of Philos. xiii, p. 61 (1819: Fteroe Is.). 



Lestris catarrhactes", lUiyer, Prodr. p. 273 (1811); Temm. Man. 

 d'Orn. p. 511 (1815) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 793 (1820) ; Meyer, 

 Taschenb. Zusiitze, p. 207 (1822); Faber, Prodr. isliind. Orn. 

 p. 102 (1822) ; Veitch, Mem. Wern. Soc. iv. p. 246 (1822) ; Boie, 

 Lsis, 1822, p. 562; Brehm, Lehrb. pp. 739, 991 (1824) ; Bp. Ann. 

 Lye. N.Y. ii. p. 364 (1828: synopsis); Werner, Atlas, Palmi- 

 pedes, pi. 32 (1828); A'anp, Natiirl. Syst. pp. 63, 64, 195 (1829) ; 

 Brehm, lsis, 1830, p. 992; Graba, Reise n. Faro, p. 186 (1830)j 

 Lesson, Traite, p. 616 (1831) ; Brehm, Yog. Beutschl. p. 7l5 

 (1831); Nuttall, Man. Orn. ii. p. 313 (1834: Newfoundland); 

 Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vertehr. p. 280 (1835) ; Eyton, Cat. Brit. B. 

 p. 61 (1836); Gould, B. Eur. v. pi. 439(1837); Temm. Man. 

 d'Orti. ed. 2, pte. 4, p. 494 (1840) ; Naiwi. Voy. Deutschl. x. 

 p. 470, taf. 270 (1840); Schinz, Europ>. Faun. p. 387 (1840); 

 Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. sciv & p. 239 (1840) ; Schl. Rev. 

 Crit. p. cxxxiv (1844); Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 2, iii. p. 602 (1845); 

 Hewits. Eyys Brit. B. ii. p. 451, pi. cxxix (1846) ; IVolley, Jard. 

 Contr. Orn. p. 113 (1850: Faroes); Thomps. B. Irel. iii. p. 390 

 (1851) ; Macyill. Brit. B. v. p. 479 (1852) ; Kjarb. Damn. Fuyle, 

 p. 344, tab. xliii. (1852) ; Heicits. Eyys Brit. B. 3rd ed. ii. p. 505, 

 pi. cxiii. (1856) ; Brehm, Voyelf. p. 335 (1855) ; Meyer, Brit. B. 

 vii. p. 166, pi. 312 (1857) ; Schl. Yog. Nederl. p. 587, pi. 334 

 (1858); id. Bier. Nederl. Yoyels, p. 231, pi. 33. figs. 9 & 9« 

 (1861) ; Boryyr. Yoyelf. Norddeutsch. p. 141 (1809) ; Droste, Yoyelw. 

 Borkum, p. 358 (1869); R. Gray, B. West Scotl. p. 493 (1871) ; 

 Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 400 (Strs. Gibr.) ; Hartimj, Handb. Brit. 

 B. p. 78 (1872) ; Collett, Fork. Selsk. Chist. 1873, p. 298 (N. 

 Norway) ; Goeldin, J.f. O. 1879, p. 383 (SchafEhausen [r']) ; Rodd, 

 B. Cormo. p. 173 (1880) ; Homeyer, Ornis, 1885, p. 80 (Germany) ; 

 Liitke, t. c. p. 145; Torre ^- Tschnsi, t. c. p. 500 (Trieste); 

 Griindnl, Ornis, 1886, p. 370 (Iceland) ; Olphe-Gall. Om. Eur. 

 Occid. fasc. x. p. 26 (1886) ; Reisenfh. Wasservdy. Mitteleurop. 

 p. 129 (1889) ; Barrington, Zool. 1890, p. 297 (Foula) ; Giitke, 

 Yoyelw. Jlelyol. p. 588 (1891) ; id. B. Heliyol. (transl.) p. 565 (1895). 



Lestris skua, Boie, Wiedemann's Zool. Mag. 1819, p. 133; Brehm, 



* In the original catarractes, but where the same generic terra is used it has 

 I been considered expedient to unite under one head the .fpccifc names which 

 I are vai-iously and inconsistently written catharactes, cataractes, catharractes. 



