224 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OP SUFFOLK. 



Found along the coast not very uncommonly; very rarely 

 far inland. The distinction between this bird and the 

 following has only been understood very recently, con- 

 sequently the earlier records of both species cannot be 

 depended upon as being correctly named (H. Stevenson in 

 lift). 



Buffon's Skua, Lestris longicaudus (Vieillot). 



East Suffolk. 



1. Two adult and one immature birds obtained near Yarmouth Oct. 

 1881 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 319). 



2. A mature specimen shot from a bathing machine at Aldeburgh, 

 Oct. I860 (Hele, Aid., 175 and J. G. Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 3799). 



3. A young bird obtained in the Orwell, Oct. 1870, in Mr. Howard 

 Saunders' Collection (Dresser, B. of Eur. viii., 487). 



Month. — October. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 3. 

 A decidedly rare bird on the Suffolk coast ; it is only 

 recorded as having been met with in the autumn. 



Pomatoehine Skua, Lestris pomatorhinus (Temminck). 



S. and W. Cat 53. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, Oct. 1848 (J. H. Gurney and W. R. Fisher in Z. 

 2354); one, nearly mature, killed off that place in Oct. 1858 (H. 

 Stevenson in Z. 6309); a female from Yarmouth, Oct. 19, 1870, in the 

 Collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun. (Dresser, B. of Eur. vii., 469); an 

 immature specimen shot Nov.*25, 1871 (H. Stevenson and J. H. Gurney, 

 jun, in Z. 2nd S. 2980); three seen off this place Oct. 8, 1872 (J. 

 H. Gurney, jun. in Z. 2nd S. 3355); and eleven brought in Oct. 1874, 

 probably shot from the herring smacks (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 4293); 

 several seen and four obtained in Oct. 1881 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. 

 vii., 319; G. Smith in lift.). Lowestoft (Freeman v.v.). 



2. One shot at Southwold (Haward MS.). An adult bird killed at 

 Thorpe in 1864; another near the Aide in 1869; another, a mature 

 female, found dead along shore in Oct. 1870 (Hele, Aid., 175 and MS.; 

 H. M. Wallis in Z. 2nd S. 1868). 



3. One shot on the Orwell in the winter of 1871 ; in Mr. Haward's 

 possession (Haward MS). 



4. One killed near Ipswich, in the Collection of Mr. Seaman (S. and 

 W. u. s.). 



