Se wo 
BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT. 345 
“Very common round the shores of Wirral, except in the 
nesting season.” (Br. p. 16.) 
Mr. R. P. Brappury has a specimen from the Dee above 
Chester. 
[Stercorarius catarrhactes. Great Sxuva. 
**T have seen a Skua which was most probably this species— 
New Ferry.” (Br. p. 16.) ] 
* Stercorarius pomatorhinus. PomaToruHINE SkuA. 
An immature specimen was shot at Queensferry, on the Dee 
Estuary, on October zoth, 1890, by Mr. MEALING, Chester, 
(Coll. G.M.) 
Mr. ByERLEY mentions one shot at Hoylake, September, 
1852, by Mr. H. Crump. (Fauna of Liverpool.) 
I have seen an immature bird belonging to Mr. ALwoop, 
Bruera, which is of this species. It was shot by his son, 
Mr. RosBert ALwoop, about fourteen years ago, who says there 
were two together, feeding on a decomposed rabbit. 
Stercorarius crepidatus. 
ARCTIC OR RICHARDSON’s SKUA. 
A Richardson’s Skua is mentioned by Mr. H. Durnrorp, 
1, Stanley Road, Waterloo, as shot on the Cheshire coast about 
September 22nd, 1872: ‘‘ remarkable for its dark plumage; a 
bird of the year.” (Zoologis/, vol. vii., 1872, 2nd series.) ["FIA:€. } 
* Stercorarius parasiticus. 
LONG-TAILED OR BUFFON’S SKUA. 
A specimen (immature) was shot by Mr. R. H. VENABLES 
KyrkE, at Forydd, near Rhyl, in 1869, and presented by him to 
the Grosvenor Museum. 
Order PYGOPODES. 
* Alca torda. Razor-BiLt. 
Common off our coasts. Breeds in the Great and Little 
Orme [H.T., C.B.] (Eggs Coll. C.B.) 
“Ts occasionally met with in the Estuary of the Dee” 
(Br. p. 15.) 
- One was obtained at Atherton’s Quay, on the Mersey, 
February zoth, 1882 (Coll. Warrington Museum.) 
A specimen blown inland by the gale of January 27th, 1894, 
was caught in a garden in Chester, and brought to me alive. 
