3° 



BLHMEiraS OP OENITHOLOGT. 



There are also Eobber-guUs, called Skuas, and the Great Skua ^ 

 {Stereorarius catarrhactes) breeds in Iceland, the Faroes, and the i 



Fig. 28. 



The Arctic Tern {Sterna mmni/ra). 

 Fig. 29. 



Head of the American Skimmer {Ehynchops nigra). 



Shetland Islands. There are three curious Birds called Skim- ' 

 mers or Scissor-bills — one in Asia, one in Africa, and one in 

 America. The last of these {Bhynchops nigra) has been obseryed 



