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Catarraftes nofter. A. 6,— Id. 129. 7. 



Will. p. 265,~Id. (AngL) p. 348. 349. t. 67.— 

 Sibbald Scot, pars 2. /. 111. p. 20. t, 14. 2. 



Catharafta Skua, Bruu. N°, 125.— Mm//. N°. 167. 



Skua Hoyeri. Chif. exot. 369- 



Larus fufcus. Brif. 6. p. 165. 4. — /J. Sto. 11. p. 405. 

 Le Goeland brun. Buff. viii. p. 408. 

 Brown Gull. Albin. 11. ^. 85. 



Catarra6les or CorniOi Gannet. Raj. Av. p, 129. w. 7. — Will. Orn, 

 p. 349. ^. 67. 



Skua Gull. BriL Zool. 2. n. 2A>fi.—ArB. ZooL 2. p. 531. • 



Gew. Si/n. VI. p. 385. 14. 



The Skua Gull is one of the moft fierce and voracious fpecies of 

 the Gull tribe: the general colour cinereous brown, varied with rufty, 

 and fufcous longitudinal fpots: the bill and talons llrong, and the 

 whole afpe6l Angularly ferocious and gloomy. 



This bird is of a large fize and very powerful : it feeds on filh, and 

 on the fmaller tribes of birds that frequent watery fituations where it 

 lives and breeds. Length two feet. 



It is an inhabitant of Europe^ Afia, and America : in Britain the 

 fpecies is confidered rare, being a local kind and confined chiefly to 

 Cornwall, and the Hebrides. 



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