696 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



Redcar, an immature example, I2th October 1896. In 

 my collection. 



Staithes, one from fishing grounds. In C. Milburn's 

 possession. 



Robin Hood's Bay, one, summer of 1904. 



Bridlington, one, autumn of 1904. In the Hull Museum. 



Inland this species has been reported at Nun Monckton 

 several years ago ; at Pateley Bridge, one, obtained in 1864, 

 is now in the Bewerley Hall collection, and on Tollerton 

 Ings, near York, one occurred on i8th October 1879 (Back- 

 house, Zool. 1880, p. 21), 



Its vernacular names are : Morrel Hen at Redcar ; Murrel 

 Hen at Flamborough and northward to Scarborough, Accord- 

 ing to Mr. Harper (op. cit. 1890, pp. 21, 100), this is a 

 corruption of Merle Hen. Tod-bird and Bo'sun are in use at 

 Bridlington and Flamborough. 



POMATORHINE SKUA. 



Stercorarius pomatorhinus (Temminck).* 



Bird of passage off the coast in autumn; chiefly in immature 

 plumage, and uncertain as to. numbers. Large flocks have occurred 

 at irregular intervals. 



This fine Skua nests in northern Siberia and Greenland, 

 migrating in winter southward to Africa. 



There does not appear to have been any published reference 

 to it, as a county species, before the date of AHis's Report, 

 thus : 



Lestris pomarinus. Pomarine Skua Shot near Scarborough, 

 sometimes in considerable numbers, in the immature plumage ; one 

 such specimen has been shot near York; A. Strickland says that 

 " At the same season as the last, young birds of this species are some 

 years by no means uncommon t but very uncertain in their visits, 



* Lestris pomarintts (Temminck), specific name amended to 

 pomatorhinus by Mr. Sclater (Ibis. 1862, p. 297), 



