THE Zoo.ocist—Novemsrr, 1875. 4703 
in a similar state of plumage, near the same place. On the 25th 
of October, 1862, I found an immature Lestris Buffonii lying 
dead on the Enniscrone Sands, opposite the bay. On the 8th of 
September, 1865, I saw near Bartra a liye bird, which I think was 
a Richardson’s skua; and on the 15th of October, in the saine 
year, I observed a bird, which I considered to be a pomarine ; 
it haunted the river for some days after. On the 3rd of October, 
1867, I met a skua on the river, but could not identify it; and on 
the 18th of the same month Mr. N. Handy, of Ballintubber, near 
Killala, gave me an immature longtailed skua (L. Buffonit), which 
he met on a grouse mountain, and shot as it rose from the carcase 
of a horse, upon which he said it had been feeding. 
I have not had the pleasure of seeing skuas on their passage 
every season, as I have not had the requisite leisure time for 
watching for their appearance during the flight time in September 
and October; and also the state of weather and direction of the 
wind influences the course of their flight so much after they enter 
the bay from the sea, that my chance of seeing them from this 
locality is very uncertain; but any person residing on Bartra (as 
my brother was) would be almost certain of seeing skuas pass 
every year. The position is so central that few birds entering the 
bay from the sea and passing inland could escape the notice of the 
observer. 
No account of the occurrence of skuas in large numbers on 
their southerly migration having come under my notice (except 
that of Mr. Niligan, already quoted), I am induced to put forward 
these rough notes, in the hope of eliciting further information on 
the subject from correspondents of the ‘ Zoologist.’ 
Rospert WARREN, Jun. 
Moyview, Ballina, October 20, 1875. 
Golden Eagle near Chatteris.—It may interest many of your readers to 
know that a fine specimen of the golden eagle was killed on Langwood 
Farm, belonging to Mr. W. Skeales, near Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, on 
Thursday last, the 14th instant. I think the very flat surface of this and 
surrounding country makes the visit of this rare bird the more remarkable. 
The bird met the ignoble fate of being knocked down with a stick as he was 
attempting to rise.—C. Willmott ; Triangle, Hackney, October 26, 1875. 
