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THE ARCTIC, OR RICHARDSON'S, SKUA. 



Stercorarius crepidatus. 

 RiCHARDSOX^s Skua^ an accidental wanderer from the coast, 

 has occurred on several occasions. The Messrs. Matthews 

 record that immature birds had frequently been killed in the 

 neighbourhood, but they only knew of one instance of its 

 occurrence in full pliimag-e. This happened on the 27 th 

 June, 1837, when an adult bird, flying- N.-E., passed over 

 their heads within gunshot of the ground. (^Zoologist, p. 2625.) 

 A young one was shot near Chipping Norton on the 28th 

 September, 1841 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 

 1842), and another on the Buckinghamshire borders, near 

 Waterperry, in September, 1853 [Zoologist, p. 4165). At 

 Milcombe, near Bloxham, a very fine adult bii'd was shot on 

 the 15th October, 1879; this was a strag-gler from the great 

 host of Skuas which arrived on our coasts during the memor- 

 able immigration of these birds, which took place that autumn. 



THE FULMAR. \K\J( 



Fnlmanis glacialis. 

 The Fulmar has occurred, as a storm-driven wanderer, 

 twice in Oxfordshire. On the 20th February, 1839, a male 

 was found alive near Weston Wood, and taken to the Messrs. 

 Matthews, who had another in their possession which was 

 shot on Port Meadow, in May, 1836. [Zoologist, p. 2625.) 



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THE MAWX SHEARWATER. 



Puffimis anglo)-u)u. 

 The Manx Shearwater is an accidental visitor, storm-driven 

 from the coast. One was taken alive at Chipping Norton in 

 September, 1839 [Zoologist, p. 2625); a second, at the same 

 place, in the winter of 1872-3 {ih., 1878, p. 135) j ^ third at 

 Framington, in September, 1877 [ib., 1878, p. 220); a fourth 

 at Wroxton [ib., 1879, p. 457) ; a fifth at Stratton Audley, at 

 the end of August or begimiing of September, 1885; and a 

 sixth at Cornwell in August, 1887 (W. W. F.}. 



