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GREAT SKUA. Stercorarius catarrhactes, (L.) 



Yarrett, iii. p. 663 ; Dresser, viii. p. 457 ; Seebohm, iii. p. 346 ; 

 Ibis List, p. 194 ; Lestris catarractes, Harting, p. 78. 



An occasional spring and autumn visitant. Several 

 have been shot near Weymouth. One was seen at 

 Abbotsbury in the autumn of 1 88 1 ; another, in the 

 possession of Mr. Robert Burns of Wimborne, was 

 shot in Poole harbour, iQth Nov. 1887, amongst a lot 

 of Wigeon, one of which it had just struck down. 



POMATORHINE SKUA. Stercorarius pomatorhinus, 

 Temminck. 



Tarrell, iii. p. 668; Dresser, viii. p. 463; Ibis List, p. 194; 

 Lestris pomatorhinus, Harting, p. 78 ; Stercorarius poma- 

 rinus, Seebohm, iii. p. 349. 



Like the last named, an occasional spring and 

 autumn visitant. One was killed on the Weymouth 

 Backwater, Sept. 23, 1868; another, in the posses- 

 sion of Mr. Eoper Weston, was also shot near 

 Weymouth ; and an immature bird was obtained in 

 Weymouth Roads, Oct. 14, 1870. A flock appeared 

 in Poole harbour Oct. 16, 1879, and one was shot. 



RICHARDSON'S SKUA. Stercoi-arius crepidatus, (Gmelin). 



Yarrell, iii. p. 674; Dresser, viii. p. 471; Ibis List, p. 195; 

 Stercorarius Richardsoni, Seebohm, iii. p. 353; Lestris 

 parasiticus, Harting, p. 78. 



An occasional visitant on migration, and more 

 common than either of the two preceding species. 



