238 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
potato, near Dunham Massey Station! This bird, 
which we have seen, is an immature example of the 
dark form. 
BUFFON’S SKUA. 
STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS (Linnzeus). 
Buffon’s Skua is seldom met with on the west coast 
of Britain, and we only know of one occurrence in 
Cheshire. A young bird, now in the Warrington 
Museum, was obtained on the Ship Canal at Latchford 
on October 3rd, 1894. 
1 J. E. Smith, Manchester City News, May 16th, 1874. 
