162 POMERINE SKUA. 



POMERINE SKUA. 



POMERINE JAGER. 

 PLATE CCXXV1II. FIGURE I. 



Cataractes pomerinus, STEPHENS. 



Lestris pomerinus, TEMMINCK. SABINE. 



rriHIS Skua Gull builds by the margin of lakes in 

 *- marshy places, as well as in more rocky ones. 



The nest is composed of different grasses and 

 moss. 



The eggs are two or three in number, and of a 

 yellowish-grey colour, spotted with blackish brown. 



J. R. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, 

 Oxford, obligingly forwarded the egg from which the 

 engraving is taken. 



