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LARIJD.K 



NAT AT ORES. 



LARIDJE. 



BUFFON'S SKUA. 

 Lestris Buffonii of Boie, Bonap. and Meyer. 



Lestris parasiticus, Arctic Skua, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 283. 

 ,, ,, ,, Juger, Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 55. 



,, ,, Parasitic Gull, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. iv, 



,, ,, Stercoraire parasite, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. iv. p. 501. 



This smaller species of the genus Lestris, of which the 

 most adult exaiuples measure only twelve inches from the 

 anterior bend of the wing to the end of the longest quill- 

 feather, and are otherwise distinguished by characters to be 

 hereafter referred to ; although much more rare than Dr. 

 Richardson"'s Skua, has occasionally been taken in this coun- 

 try, and I have followed the example set by others, of sepa- 

 rating this species also from the term parasiticus, with which 



