GA VI Al. 



( 292 ) 



LARIDM. 



THE POMATORHINE SKUA. 



Stercorarius pomatorhinus. 



From the frozen north, where Winter's hand 

 With sway despotic attd uritam'd locks up 

 The shriiiking world ; o'er the wide oceati borne 

 On vig' rotes wing, pozcr forth the feather' d tribes 

 Diverse atid stra?tge. 



Rev. John Vincent, Fowling. 



In the autumn months this visitor from the arctic regions 

 is occasionally seen on the coast of Berwickshire, where, in 

 the middle of October 1879, great numbers were observed, 

 as well as on the shores of Northumberland, many of them 

 being shot for preservation as specimens. The Pomatorhine 

 Skua has a rapid flight, is bold and rapacious, and fre- 

 quently robs Gulls of their prey. It breeds in the polar 

 regions. 



.J'*'' 



