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warm cinnamon, and this colour is more strongly 

 developed in a younger fledgling obtained in June. 

 A male killed in November has lost the cinnamon, 

 and wears a slight cap of grey. 



L. Minutus. Little Gull. 



The Little Gull is a rare casual visitant from 

 Russia, in autumn and winter. 



A fine immature bird in Messrs. Mann's col- 

 lection was shot at Silloth, in the month of 

 January; a second was shot in September, 1857, 

 on Rocklifl'e marsh, by G. Dawson ; a third was 

 obtained at Westlinton, after the gale in which 

 the ''London" s.s. perished; "a splendid old bird" 

 in winter dress was obtained on the Solway by 

 J. B. Hodgkinson, some years since ; and Sir W. 

 Jardine records a fifth, " procured by Dr. Neill from 

 some part of the Solway." 



Sub-Family STERCORARIIN^. 



Genus STERCORARIUS. 



S. Caiarrhacies. Great Skua. 



The Great Skua is a rare casual visitant. An ex- 

 ample was shot by Cooper on Rocklifle marsh in the 

 act of killing a Herring Gull (/, B. Hodgkinson, MS.) 

 Another was shot on the coast near Whitehaven, 

 and mounted by Mr. Grayson, in the autumn of 

 1865. 



S. Pomatorhinus. Pomatorhine Skua. 



The Pomatorhine Skua is a rare casual visitant 

 on autumnal migration. In all probability there is a 



