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PoMATORHiNE Skua {jStercorariu,s pomarinus). 



Mr. S. J. Richards has kincUy informed me that on Sep- 

 tember 14th there was a singular migration of skuas at 

 Blakeney, which came under the observation of Mr. E. Ram, 

 and also of Mr. H. Cole at Cromer. Mr. Cole only saw two, 

 but Mr. Ram believes he saw seventy, not all passing in one 

 flock, but a continuation of small parties, varying from one 

 to twenty, which went on for about two hours. The curious 

 thing about it was that instead of hugging the coast, as the 

 gulls always do, the skuas were fljang due south, that is, 

 going inland, as if they were making for the mouth of the 

 Thames. One which Mr. Ram procured was a Pomatorhine, 

 and he believes that most of the others were adult Pomatorhine 

 Skuas also. He did not note the direction of the wind, but 

 according to the Meteorological Report it was N.N.W. 4, in 

 the morning at Yarmouth. 



Buffon's Skua (S. longicauda). 



On September 16th Mr. Richards secured a very young 

 Buffon's Skua. 



Little Auk {Alle alle). 



Of the Little Auk only six notices have come to hand, 

 namely, two in January, two in March, one in November 

 (B. Dye), and one in December. 



Little Bustard [Otis tetrax). 



Over twenty Little Bustards have occurred in Norfolk. 

 On December 28th a female, like all the rest in winter plumage, 

 was shot in the marshes between Acle and Yarmouth, and 

 taken to Mr. Saunders, the wind the preceding evening 

 having been N.W. 3. 



