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JACKSON'S GULL. L. Jacksonii. Nobis. 



GLAUCOUS GULL. L. Glaucus. Jenyns, p. 279. Be- 

 wick's Br. B., vol. 2, last Edition. Rare. 



LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL. L. Fuscvs. Jenyns, 

 p. 277. Bewick's Br. B., vol. 2, Sup. p. 30 and 198. 



GREAT BLACK BACKED GULL. L. Marinus. Jenyns, 

 p. 278. Bewick's Br. B., vol. 2, p. 194. Strip. Not un- 

 common. 



* SKUA GULL. Lestris Cataractes. Jenyns, p. 280. Be- 



wick's Br. B., vol. 2, p. 212. It is not uncommon in 

 Autumn, at a few leagues from land, but never approaches 

 the shore. I have obtained it from fishermen, who have 

 caught it alive, with a baited hook. 



RICHARDSON'S SKUA. L. Richardsonii. Jenyns, p. 

 282. Bewick's Br. B., vol. 2, p. 115 ; and Ad. p. 6. la 

 Winter. It bears the name of Tom Horry, in common 

 with the last and next named Species. 



ARCTIC JAGER. L. Parasiticus. Eyton's Rarer Birds, 

 p. 55. One that I possessed, was taken with a baited hook. 



Most of the larger Gulls are bold and ferocious Birds, prey- 

 ing not only on dead matter and insects and fishes, but also on 

 the smaller Birds. The Herring Gull has been seen to pursue 

 and devour the Sky Lark, in the fields, and the Skua, in like 

 manner, to make a meal of the Stormy Petrel. 



PETRELS. 



* FULMAR. Procellaria glacialis. Jenyns, p. 284, Be- 

 wick's Br. vol. 2, p. 329. 



* CINEREOUS SHEARWATER. Procellaria Pvffimis. 

 Jenyns, p. 284. Eyton's Rarer Birds, p. 49. I have only 

 seen one Specimen, which was brought to me alive, having 

 seized a fisherman's bait, in October, 1833. 



MANK'S SHEARWATER. P. Anglorum. Jenyns, p. 

 285. Bewick's Br. B., vol. 2, p. 223. Skidden. Abundant 

 late in Autumn, watching for the fisherman's baits, which 

 they seize with eagerness. 



GREY PETREL. P. Cinerea. Br. Mus. This is inserted 

 on the authority of a Fishermen, who gave me an account 

 of a bird that approached within a few feet of him, having 

 all the actions of a Petrel, and about the size of a Black- 

 bird, with a bluish grey back, and white below. This 

 Species is a native of the Mediterranean, 



* STORMY PETREL. P. Pelagica. Jenyns, p. 285. Be- 

 wick's Br. B., vol. 2, p. 226. Common, chiefly in misty 

 weather in Autumn ; when, in the dusk of the evening, our 

 fisherboys catch great numbers v/ith their keep nets. 



* FORKTAILD PETREL. P. Leachii. Jenyns, p. 286. 

 Bewick's Br. B., vol. 2, last Edition. I have known the 

 taking of several Specimens, in stormy weather, late in the 

 year. E 



