146 McLean: Avifauna of Staithes and Loftus-in-Cleveland. 
Sterna minuta. Little Tern. A good many callers as they 
pass by; does not breed in the district. 
Sterna cantiaca. Sandwich Tern. Occasionally seen some 
istance off the coast. 
Hydrochelidon nigra. Black Tern. An occasional visitor. 
wo were seen during a storm up the stream as far as 
Waup Mill, near Staithes; one was shot by a man called 
Shedrack. 
Pagophila eburnea. lvory Gull. One seen at Skinningrove, 
or near to Huntcliffe, November 1871 
Larus glaucus. Glaucous Gull. I saw several at Staithes in 
ovember 1878, some of which were shot. 
Rissa tridactyla. \Kittiwake. Has occasionally bred in the 
cliffs near the haunts of the Herring Gulls. Very common 
in the autumn and spring. 
Larus argentatus. Herring Gull. Large numbers breed in 
the cliffs, especially Rockcliffe and Huntcliffe. 
Larus fuscus. Lesser Black-backed Gull. Quantities come 
in the autumn. 
Larus marinus. Greater Black-backed Gull. .Very common; 
seen with the Herring Gulls on the land following the 
Larus canus. Common Gull. Numbers may be seen all 
through the winter. 
Larus ridibundus. Black-headed Gull. Common, especially 
in spring and autumn. 
Larus minutus. Little Gull. I have seen odd ones several 
times both at Hummersea and Skinningrove. 
_ Stercorarius catarractes. Common Skua. Occasionally seen 
near the coast. 
Stercorarius pomarinus. Pomarine Skua. Not by any 
means common, but occasionally seen a mile or so off the 
coast. I saw aman, Jno. Allinson, of Skinningrove, bring 
two immature specimens on to the beach which he had shot 
whilst out in a boat. 
Stercorarius crepidatus. Richardson’s Skua, Saw one old 
bird about four miles inland, either 1879 or 1880; occa- 
sionally seen at sea. 
Stercorarius parasiticus. Bufion’s Skua. <A few have been 
seen on the sea near the coast. 
"Naturalist, 
