Skua. NATATORES. CATARACTES. 517 
POMARINE SKUA. 
Cararactes Pomarinus, Steph. 
PLATE CI.* * 
Cataractes Pomarinus, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 13. 216. pl. 24. 
Lestris Pomarinus, Temm. Man. d’Orn. 2. 793.—Faun. Amer. Boreal. 
2. 429. No. 194.—Sabine, Sup. Parry’s lst Voy. 206. 22. 
Stercoraire Pomarin, Temm. Man. d’Orn. 2. 793. 
Stercoraire rayé, Orn. 6. 152. No. 2. t.. 13. f. 2. 
Felsen Meve, Meyer, Vog. Deut. 2. Heft 20. 
Pomarine Skua, Shaw’s Zool. 13. 216. pl, 24. 
Pomarine Jager, Faun. Amer. Boreal. 2. 429. No. 194. 
Tuts species, intermediate in size between the Common Occasional 
and Arctic Skuas, was first specifically described by 'TEem- isitaniv. 
MINCK in his “ Manuel d’Ornithologie,” appearing, when 
previously met with, to have been confounded with the lat- 
ter of these birds. Since its distinctive characters have been 
made known, and a greater degree of attention has been be- 
stowed on ornithological pursuits, we find it more frequently 
recognised ; and within the last two or three years several 
specimens have been obtained on the English coast, particu- 
larly in Yorkshire and Durham, during the autumnal months. 
In November 1831, a letter from Roupston Reap, Esq. of 
Frickly Hall, near Doncaster, informed me of his having 
killed three of these birds off Scarborough, in the month 
preceding ; and a subsequent communication from Mr W11- 
LiaMsoNn of the latter place, contained an account of others 
which had come under his examination, all of them killed 
upon the same part of the coast. He also gives an interest- 
ing account of their manners, to observe which Mr Reap 
and himself had proceeded to sea in an open boat; and he 
goes on to say, “ we were not disappointed, for, after rowing 
out to sea about four or five miles, we had the pleasure of 
seeing two in full chase after the other Gulls, in the manner 
of the Lestris (Caturactes) Parasiticus, only appearing more 
