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174 and MS.). One seen on Thorpe Mere Aug. 28, 1882 (H. A. 

 Macpherson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 14). One found dead at Aldeburgh 

 (James MS.). One picked up after a gale at Orford and preserved by 

 Mr. Heffer (Carthew MS.). 



Months. — January, August, October. 



Districts. — 1, 2. 

 Found at very few places on the coast, and there but 

 very rarely. 



Kichardson's Skua, Lestris parasiticus (L.). 



S. and W. Cat. 54. — Spald., List, xxxix. Bare. 

 East Suffolk. 



1. An "Arctic Gull," an old bird, killed at Yarmouth in Sept. 1819, 

 in possession of Mr. Hunt ; and a young bird Oct. 24 (Whitear's 

 Calendar 250, 251, and S. and W. u. s.); Yarmouth, occasionally both 

 the adult and the young, the "Black-toed Gull" (Paget F.,13); Yarmouth, 

 immature, Oct. 1848 (J. H. Gurney and W. R. Fisher in Z. 2354); six 

 specimens killed off this place in Oct. 1858, three in immature plumage 

 of the second year, the others very nearly adult (H. Stevenson in Z. 

 6309), another shot off this place in Oct. 1874 (id. in Z. 2nd S., 4293), 

 and a few seen near it in Oct. 1881 {id. in Z. 3rd S. vii., 319). A very 

 fine mature specimen with two tail feathers projecting six inches, shot 

 on Breydon Wall Oct. 14, and another of the same species shot on the 

 beach Oct. 20, 1881 (Lowne in Uti). 



2. An adult bird shot at Easton Broad in 1841 by Mr. T. M. 

 Spalding (Spald. u. s. and MS. 1 ). One shot about Oct. 1871 on the 

 beach at Southwold (H. Durnford in Z. 2nd S. 2906). An immature 

 bird on the beach near Dunwich in Aug. 1873 {id. in Z. 2nd S. 3799). 

 A mature female killed at Thorpe in Aug. 1868 ; one seen there Nov. 

 1873 (Hele, Aid., 175 and MS.). Aldeburgh 1830 (Acton in Loudon's 

 Mag. N. H. iv., 1 63, 1 831 ); an immature bird shot there in Sept. 1 873 (J. 

 G. Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 3799). One knocked down on the Dunningworth 

 Hall marshes in 1855, in possession of Mr. Hillen (Carthew MS.). 



3. Rare at Walton and Felixstowe (Kerry MS.). 



4. Shot at Bramford, now in the Ipswich Museum (Podd in Uti). 



West Suffolk. 



7. A young bird killed on a warren near Brandon, Sept. 181 9 (Whitear's 

 Diary 250 and S. and W. 54). One shot at Exning Jan. 1883 (Howlett 

 v.v.). 



Months. — January, August, September, October, Novem- 

 ber. 



Districts.— \, 2, 3, 4, 7. 

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