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SKUA. 



commo:n skua, skua gull, brown gull, boxxie. 



plate ccxxviii. fig. ii. 



Cataractes vulgaris, . . Fleming. 



Cataractes Skua, . . . Stephens. 



Catharacta Skua, . . . Brunnich. 



Zarus cataractes, . . . LiNNiEXJS. Gmelin. Latham. 



The nest of the Skua is of large size, as well as 

 somewhat carefully constructed; the materials used being 

 grasses, lichens, moss, and heath. The bird places it on 

 the tops of the mountains or cliffs in the neighbourhood 

 of the sea, but not on the rocks themselves. They 

 build separately in pairs. 



The eggs are only two. They are laid towards the 

 end of .Tune. 



