256 BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. 



A fair proportion of the birds killed are in mature 

 plumage. 



BUFFON'S OR LONG-TAILED SKUA. 



Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus). 



A rare visitor, of which I only find the following 

 occurrences noted : — 



A mature bird shot August 20, 1850, at Fleetwood 

 {ZooL, 1850, p. 2925, John Plant). 



One shot on the Kibble, near Preston, March, 1877 

 {E. mils. Hugh P. Hornby, ^^(/c J. Frankland). 



Three shot on the sands near Grange, October 25, 

 1859, the day the Royal Charter was lost (A. Mason, 

 Mss.). 



" Two adult specimens, shot on the coast, have come 

 under my observation " {Mag. Nat. Hist., 1838, John 

 Skaife). 



^About a dozen examples were obtained in October, 

 1891, out of a flight which visited Walney Island and 

 Morecambe Bay. — Ed.] 



