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LARID.E. 



dove-grey on the back, with the head black, the neck 

 all round and the breast yellowish-white, with the central 

 tail-feathers elongated, showing that the Pomarine Skua is 

 subject to all the changes of plumage which have been so 

 frequently observed in the more common species next to be 

 described, and of which three representations are given as 

 illustrations. 



The name of Skua is considered to have been adopted 

 from the note of the bird, which sounds like skui. 



