31G STERCOKAKIID.E. 



Jsts, 1830, p. 092; id. VUj. DeuUchl. p. 717(1831); id. Voyelf. 

 p. 336 (1855). 

 Stercorarius catarrhactes, Vieillot, N. Diet. H. Nat. xxxii. p. 154 

 (1819); id. Faune Fraw;., Ois. p. 385 (1828?); Selys-Lo^vjch. 

 Fawn. Belg. p. 155 (1842) ; Gray, List B. Brit. Mus., Anseres, 

 p. 168 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 653 (1846); Der/l. Orn. Fur. ii. 

 p. 289 (1849); Lazvr. Ann. Lye. N.Y. vi. p. 7 (1*853: Monterey, 

 Gala. [?]) ; Bp. C. R. xlii. p. 770 (1856) ; id. Consp. Av. ii p. 206 

 (1857) ; Baird, Cass., ^- Luwr. B. N. Amer. p. 838 (1858) ; 

 Jteinh. Ihis, 1861, p. 16 (S. Greenland, twice) ; B. Ross, Nat. Hist. 

 Rev. 1862, p. 289 (Gt. Slave Lake [?]) ; Newton in Baring-Gould's 

 leeland, p. 418 (1863) ; Gray, Cat. Brit. B. p. 227 (1863) ; 

 Midler, Vidensk. Meddell. 1862, p. 63 (1863 : Fajroes) ; Dei/l. iif 

 Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 392 (1867); Elliot, Neto ^ UnJlr/.B. N. 

 Amer. ii. pi. 55 (1869) ; Fritsch, Vo</. Eur. p. 481, pi. 58. iig. 7 

 (1870) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 110, no. 10942 (1871) ; Feilden, 

 Zool. s. s. p. 3290 (1872: Faroes) ; Gould, B. Gt. Brit. v. pi. 78 

 (1873): Newton, Arctic Man. p. 107(1875); Dresser, B. Eur. 

 viii. p. 457, pi. 609 (1875) ; Irh/, Orn. Strs. Gibr. p. 216 (1875) ; 

 Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 319 (revision); Collett, N. Mag. 

 Naturv. 1877, p. 206 (N. Norvray) ; Saunders, Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. p. 392 (1878 : distribution) ; Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 1878, p. 188 (Mass.) ; Clarke, B. Yorks. p. 84 (1881) : B. O. U. 

 List Brit. B. p. 194 (1883) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1884, p. 391 (S.W. 

 France); id. Uh ed. Yarr. Brit. B. iii. p. 662 (1884); Mitchell, 

 B. Lancas. p. 216 (1885) ; Seeboh^n, Brit. B. iii. p. 346 (1885) ; 

 II-Br. ^ Buckl. Faun. Sutherl. ^c. p. 235 (1887) ; R. Gray, 

 ' Eclipse; Zool. 1887, p. 51 & p. 99 (Greenland Sens, 3 in four 

 seasons) ; Taczan. Ornis, 1888, p. 608 (Polaud, once) ; Saunders, 

 Man. Brit. B. p. 671 (1889) ; Reichenoiv, Syst. Verz. Vog. 

 Deidschl. p. 64 (1889) ; Stevenson ^ Southw. B. Norfolk, iii. p. 346 

 (1890) ; Buckl. 4- H-Br. Faun. Orkney Is. p. 237 (1891) ; iid. F. 

 Argyll ^-c. p. 194 (1892) ; Macpher.s. Faun. Lakeland, p. 438 (1892) ; 

 D' Urban |- Math. B. Devon, p. 391 (1892) ; A. Dubois, Vertebr. 

 Belg., Ois. ii. p. 611, pi. .300 (1894) ; Mathew. B. Pembrokesh. 

 p. 107 (1894) ; Irby, Orn. Strs. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 302 (1895). 



Cataractes skua, Steph. in Shards Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 1, p. 215 (1826) ; 

 Macc/ill. Man. Brit. Orn. ii. p. 255 (1842) ; Bruch, J.f. O. 1853, 

 p. 108. 



Cataractes vulgaris, Fleming, Brit. An. p. 137(1828); Selby, III. 

 Brit. Orn. ii. pi. c (1832) ; id. Brit. B. ii. p. 514 (1833). 



Stercorarius pomarinus, Vieill. Gal. Ois. ii. p. 220, pi. 288 (1834). 



The Common Skua, Yarr. Brit. B. iii. p. 481 (1843). 



Catarracta catarractes, Licht. Nmnencl. Av. p. 99 (1854: North 

 Sea). 



Stercorarius skua, B2:>. Naum. 1854, p. 210 ; Coues, Check-list N. 

 Amer. B. no. 539(1873); id. op. cit. ed. 1882, p. 119; Collins, 

 Auk, 1884, p. 238 (New Engl, coast) ; Hartert, Ratal. VogeU 

 samml. Senckenb. p. 243 (1891). 



Cataracta minor, Brehm, Naum. 1855, p. 293. 



Megalestris catarrhactes, Bj). Cat. Parzudaki, p. 11 (1856) ; Gigl, 

 1" Resoc. Av. Ital. p. 648 (1889 : Rovigo, juv.). 



Lestris fusca, C. F. Dubois, PL Col. Ois. Belg. iii. p. 238, cum tab. 

 (1860). 



Buphagus skua, Coues, Pr. Philad.Acad. 1863, p. 125 ; id. B. N.- West, 

 ]). (;04 ( 1874) ; Kiimlien, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv. p. 94 (1879). 



Sterconuius i'liscus, A. Dubois, Consj). Av. Eur. p. 33 (1871); id. 

 Bull. Mus. Belg. iv. p. 22 (1885). 



