Their Eggs and Nests. 195 



of the same artifices as the Partridge and the Grouse 

 to decoy an intrusive dog or man away from its nest 

 or young. The nest is built of moss or ling, on some 

 elevated knoll amid marshy ground, or on the moor, 

 and contains two eggs. These are of a greenish olive- 

 brown colour, spotted with dark brown. This Skua 

 not only restlessly and pitilessly persecutes the Kitti- 

 wake and other Gulls in order to obtain its own food 

 from them at second-hand, but also makes free with 

 their eggs for the same purpose in a very marauder- 

 like fashion. — Fig. 5, plate XII. 



LONG-TAILED OR BUFFON'S ^YJ5 k—^Stercor- 

 arius parasiticus ; formerly, Lestris Biiffonii). 



Mr. Yarrell distinguishes between this bird and the 

 true L. parasiticus^ and consequently adopts the 

 scientific name I have now given. This Skua can 

 only be considered a rare and accidental visitor. 



ORDER.— TUBINARES. 

 FAMILY.—PROCELLARIID.^. 



FULMAR V^T^YA^—{Fulmariisglacialis; formerly, 

 Procellaria glacialis). 



Fulmar, Northern Fulmar. — The Fulmar breeds in 

 incredible numbers at St. Kilda, but is rarely met 

 with, even in winter, about the southern coasts of 

 England. Both old birds and their young on being 

 touched eject a considerable quantity of clear oil, 

 which, however, is by no means of an agreeable 



