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which has been obtained there ; and on Nov. 10th a second 

 young bird was seen by Aeuckens, the birdstufifer. 



Stercorariin^, Skuas. — Eedcar, Aug. 25th, two ; Teesmouth, 

 27th, Eichardson's Skua, S. crepidatiis. Farn l.h., Sept. 17th, 

 several chasing Gulls. Yarmouth, 20th, many. Heligoland, 

 Oct. 27th, S. pomatorhinus, one. 



Procellariid.e, Petrels. — The Stormy Petrel, P. pelagica, 

 occurred at Yarmouth, Oct. 2nd, and Spurn on 23rd, shot in 

 each case from beach. Hasbro' l.v., 27th, seven caught on deck, 

 on 31st ten, and between Oct. 27th and Nov. 4th several were 

 taken at various stations at sea off the east coast. One Fork- 

 tailed Petrel, P. leucorrhoa, from Happisburgh (Hasbro') l.v. in 

 October. A Shearwater was seen at Farn l.h. July 20th, 6 a.m., 

 going north ; and at Spurn l.h. on Aug. 5th, 2 a.m., a Manx 

 Shearwater, P. anglorum, was killed against the lantern. 

 Breydon, Sept. 5th, one shot. In the latter part of the same 

 month two Sooty Shearwaters, P. griseus, were obtained in 

 Bridlington Bay, and taken to the shop of Mr. Jones, birdstuffer, 

 where they were seen and identified by Mr. W. E. Clarke.* 



CoLYMBiD^, Divers. — Tees l.v., March 28th, one Great 

 Northern and two Eed-throated Divers off the lightship, in 

 company with two Grebes, twelve Sheldrake, and six Brent 

 Geese. Eedcar, Sept. 2nd, four or five Eed-throated Divers; 

 and on 20th several lots of both. Breydon Water, Oct. 16th, 

 adult Eed-throated Diver. At the Farn Islands, last half of 

 October and in November, many Great Northern Divers about 

 islands ; Jan. 15th, 1884, several Eed-throated Divers about 

 island. 



PoDiciPiD^, Grebes. — Bridlington, latter part of August, 

 Eed-necked Grebe, P. griseigena^ shot, in full summer plumage. 

 Spurn, Nov. 2nd, a few pairs of Little Grebes, Tachyhaptes 

 fluviatilis, on ponds ; and on Jan. 6th, 1884, three Great Crested 

 Grebes, P. cristatus, on the sea off point. 



Alcidje, Auks. — At Flamborough, in February, 1884, great 

 numbers of Eazorbills, Alca torda, all returned to their 

 nesting quarters on the cliffs, an unprecedented circumstance 

 there; and large numbers of the Common Guillemot were 

 reported by the fishermen as seen at sea off the headland. 

 At the Farn Islands, March 22nd, 1883, Guillemots had come to 



* ' Zoologist,' 1884, p. 180. 



