Stercorarius Diomedea 99 



Stercwarius pomatorhinus (Temminck). Pomatorhine Skua. 



A very rare straggler. 

 A lea tvrda, Linn. Razor-bill. Occasionally met with inland 



and near the coast. 

 Uria troile (Linn.). Common Guillemot. Strays at times to 



Cambridgeshire. 

 U. bruennichi, E. Sabine. Briinnich's Guillemot. Has been 



obtained once near Guyhirn (Zoologist, 1895, p. 109). 

 Mergulus alle (Linn.). Little Auk. Met with in exception- 

 ally hard winters, sometimes far from the coast. Such 



winters were those of 18412, 18467, 1857, 18623, 



and 18945. 



Fratercula arctica (Linn.). Puffin. A rare straggler. 

 Colymbus septentrionalis, Linn. Red-throated Diver. Various 



Divers are not uncommon in the Wash, most of which 



probably belong to this species. Supposed occurrences 



of the great Northern Diver and of the Black- throated 



Diver are given by Jenyns (Fauna Cantabrigiensis MS. 



in the University Museum of Zoology). 

 Podicipes cristatus (Linn.). Great Crested Grebe. Occurs 



but rarely. 

 P. griseigena (Boddaert). Red-necked Grebe. Still rarer 



than the preceding. 

 P. auritus (Linn.). Slavonian Grebe. Certainly occurs at 



intervals, while the Eared Grebe (P. nigricollis, C. L. 



Brehm.) may do so. 

 P. fluviatilis (Tunstall). Little Grebe or Dabchick. Decidedly 



uncommon. 

 Procellaria pelagica, Linn. Storm-petrel. Occasionally driven 



inland by severe weather to Cambridgeshire. 

 Occanodroma leucorrhoa (Vieillot). Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. 



A specimen from Bassingbourn is in the University 



Museum of Zoology. 

 Diomedea melanophrys, Boie. Black-browed Albatross. An 



example was captured at Streetly Hall Farm, Linton, on 



July 9th, 1897 (see Ibis, 1897, p. 625). 



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