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POMERINE SKUA. 



POMElllNE JAGER. 

 PLATE CCXXVIII. FIG. I. 



Cataractes Pomernnus, . . Stephens. 



Lestris Pomerinus, .... Temminck. Sabine. 



Thts Skua Gull builds by the margin of lakes in 

 marshy places, as well as in more rocky ones. 



The nest is composed of different grasses and moss. 



The eggs are two or three in number, and of a 

 yellowish grey colour, spotted with blackish brown. 



J. R. Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford, obli- 

 gingly forwarded the egg from which the engraving is 

 taken. 



