626 LARHXZE. 



in the sale Catalogue of Mr. Bullock's Collection, April, 

 1819, where, at page 32, lot 61, is "an undescribed Gull, 

 much allied to the Arctic, but greatly superior in size, 

 killed at Brighton ; " and lot 62, " a second example of the 

 same species, killed at Dover ; " and a third is referred to as 

 having been " killed near Liverpool," and then " in the col- 

 lection of Lord Stanley." This species was afterwards 

 characterised by M. Temminck, in the second edition of his 

 Manual, published in October, 1820. Since that period 

 many more examples, most, if not all of them, young 

 birds, have been obtained ; but this species has not been 

 known to breed, like the Common Skua, even in Shetland, 

 and can therefore be considered only as a winter visitor. 

 It appears to come down the lines of our eastern and 

 western coasts in autumn, some remaining all the winter 

 on our southern coast. A specimen has been obtained 

 recently in Derbyshire. 



Mr. Thompson mentions that several examples have 

 been taken on different parts of the east coast of Ireland. 

 In 1831, James Cornish, Esq. presented two living speci- 

 mens to the Zoological Society, which had been captured 

 in Devonshire. An example of this species was shot, some 

 years since, in Hackney Marshes, near London. Early in 

 the winter of 1837, many were received in the London 

 market for sale, and among them were eight or ten birds 

 which had been caught alive. Mr. Mummery, of Margate, 

 sent me word that the Pomerine Skua had been obtained 

 on the coast of Kent. A specimen killed in Cambridge- 

 shire was in the collection of the late Dr. Thackeray, of 

 King's College. This species has also been taken on the 

 coasts of Suffolk and Norfolk ; and Rudston Read, Esq. 

 has obtained several specimens off Scarborough. The 

 Pomerine Skua also visits the shores of Germany, Hol- 

 land, and France ; and, according to Dr. Schinz, one or 



