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BIRDS. 



There is also one in the possession of Mrs. Hutton, Scott Street, 

 West Stanley, which had been sent to Mr. P. D. Malloch in the flesh 

 on 6th October 1902. 



And there are specimens in the Perth Museum. 



Millais speaks of it as a " scarce autumn visitor," and adds : 

 "I have noticed it two or three times. In 1886 there was a small 

 visitation, and I killed three in St. Andrews Bay." 



Stercorarius crepidatus (Gmel). Richardson's Skua. 



Occasional visitant. 



Appeared in considerable numbers at the same time with those of 

 the last species, and a smaller number of those of the next, in 

 September, October, and November 1879. 



It is curious to find how rare this bird appears to have been 

 considered by P. Neil. He records as follows : " Two specimens of 

 the Black-toed Gull — Larus crepidatus — were lately taken alive at the 

 Bell Eock floating light, and sent to Mr. J. Wilson at the cottage, 

 Edinburgh. This is accounted one of the rarest of the Gull tribe " 

 (Scots Magazine, vol. Ixxiii. p. 4, Jan. 1811). 



The Black Book of Kincardineshire speaks of it as merely a "visitor 

 to the coast," no doubt merely quoting Don in 1813. 



There are specimens in the Perth Museum. One was also got in 

 1898 by a Mr. Dowie (?) at Auchterarder ; and there is one in 

 Mr. Marshall's collection, obtained by Mr. FuUerton — a male — on 

 16th October 1879. 



One was got in St. Andrews Bay, October 1879, and is in the 

 Museum. 



There are several others in collections — in that of Mr. Frost 

 at Ardvreck, CriefF; in Dr. Dewar's collection at Arbroath; in 

 Mr. J. Milne's at Auchenblae, and Mr. D. Dewar's at Killin. 



Stercorarius parasiticus (L.). Buffon's Skua. 



Less common than the last, but also appeared in considerable numbers, 

 as indicated by Mr. Small's Eegisters as given above ; but I have not 

 many actual records to give for Tay. Small's Registers give about 

 thirty Pomatorhine Skuas, and six Bufibn's Skuas, as having been in 

 his possession at one time. 



Indeed, Col. Drummond Hay appears only to have suspected its 

 occurrence, along with others of the genus, off the coasts of Forfar 

 and Kincardine in October and November 1879. 



