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time, probably nearly all Pomatorhine " (B. of N. vol.iii. p. 350). 

 A large migration in 1879, which Stevenson calls " the great 

 ornithological feature " of that year. Several seen and obtained, 

 Oct. 1881. I found the remains of one on the beach in Nov. 

 1892. Local, *' Shyte-awk," "Boatswain," and " Molberry." 



S. crepidatus. Richardson's Skua. — R. R. Messrs. Paget 

 say that " both this, and its young, the Black-toed Gull, have 

 occasionally been shot." Most are immature birds. 



S. parasiticus. Buffon's Skua. — R. R. An occasional visi- 

 tant. Stevenson (B. of N.) records several local examples. A 

 fine male specimen was shot on Breydon in Oct. 1890, which 

 on being placed on the floor of the punt vomited several live 

 earthworms. 



Alca torda. Razorbill. — C. Not uncommon in the Roads 

 during the autumnal herring fishery. In my younger rambling 

 days I observed that drowned examples were frequently washed 

 ashore after continuous easterly gales. Of late years it has 

 become comparatively rare, its place being taken by the Guille- 

 mot, which then was not so commonly stranded. Local, " Wil- 

 duck." 



Uria troile. Common Guillemot. — C. Occasionally abun- 

 dant in the Roads ; also on the herring fishing-grounds. Have 

 known it hooked from the piers by amateur fishermen, by whose 

 baits it has been attracted, and have obtained specimens that 

 have been entangled in the meshes of longshore drift-nets. I 

 have frequently seen dead or exhausted birds toppled ashore 

 during easterly winds. My attempts to rear several have always 

 failed ; indeed, healthy birds, incarcerated in aviaries, seldom 

 live for any length of time. I have occasionally met with the 

 ringed or bridled variety. Local, " Wil-duck." 



U. grylle. Black Guillemot. — A. Two recorded for Yar- 

 mouth (B. of N. vol. iii. p. 280). The first was picked up on 

 the beach at Caister; the second shot in the winter of 1878-9. 



Mergulus alle. Little Auk. — N. U. " Occasionally shot in 

 Roads " (Paget). Is looked upon as a mere straggler, although 

 it has been occasionally "struck" by severe gales, when numbers 

 have been washed ashore or blown inland. An unusual fatality 

 occurred in January, 1895. Three hundred and two were re- 

 corded for the county. I picked up two or three at the sea-line, 



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