Birds. 6859 



Richardson s Sktia. Is far from common, and, daring many years' 

 observation, I have only once met with a skua on the waters between 

 Bembridge and Portsmouth. Early in September, 1856, 1 saw a small 

 dark skua in pursuit of some blackheaded gulls at the entrance to 

 Brading Harbour, and the bird was noticed at the same time by 

 several other persons, by whom a black gull was evidently considered 

 a most extraordinary sight. 



Forktailed Petrel. A specimen was brought to Mr. Rogers in 

 1857; another on the 4th of November, 1859. 



It may not be out of place to enumerate here the species which 

 have been ascertained to occur in the Isle of Wight since Mr. Bury 

 first drew up his list in 1844-5, when the number amounted to 193. 

 This has now been raised to 219 by the addition of the following 

 birds : — 



Marsh Harrier Blackwinged Stilt 



Woodchat Canada Goose 



Golden Oriole Gadwall 



Garden Warbler Redbreasted Merganser 



Wood Wren Eared Grebe 



Firecrested Regulus Ringed Guillemot 



While Wagtail Black Guillemot 



Tree Pipit Northern Puffin 



Bee-eater Sandwich Tern 



[Turtle Dove] Common Tern 



Redlegged Partridge Lesser Tern 



Sanderling Little Gull 



Squacco Heron Great Skua 

 Spoonbill 



Several of these have already been mentioned in a revised account, 

 written by Mr. Bury for a new guide-book, ' The Garden Isle.' It is 

 singular that neither Temminck's nor the little stint has yet been 

 observed. 



A comparison of the Isle of Wight catalogue with that of Sussex, 

 as 'given in the third edition of Mr. Knox's ' Rambles,' * shows the 

 following results : — 



Raptores, Insessores. Scansores. Grallae. 

 Isle of Wight - 18 94 8 37 



Sussex - - - 22 100 9 52 



Great Britain - 34 126 18 70 



* Two or three species have been added to the Sussex list from Yarrell (third 

 edition) and the ' Zoologist.' 



Natatores. 





62 = 



219 



66 = 



249 



106 = 



354 



