332 MR. H. SAUNDERS ON THE STERCORARIIN.E. [Mar. 3 1 . 



The specimen in question is said to have been obtained "between 

 the Philippines and Sandwich Islands" — a considerable extension 

 to the range of the species so far as it is at present known. 



In concluding my remarks on a family whose members are princi- 

 pally Arctic in their habitat, it would be a great omission if I failed to 

 acknowledge my indebtedness to Professor Newton's comprehensive 

 remarks on the Arctic fauna in these ' Proceedings/ in 'The Ibis,' 

 and in the 'Arctic Manual.' The whole available information respect- 

 ing the northern range of the Skuas is given in a condensed form, ac- 

 companied by most important references ; and to these originals, 

 especially to the paper on the Birds of Spitsbergen in 'The Ibis,' 1865, 

 I would refer those who require more details than I have thought it 

 necessary to give in the present article. 



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