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  George 
  Sim, 
  Fyvie, 
  informs 
  me 
  one 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  October 
  

   2nd, 
  1890, 
  at 
  Blackpool, 
  Millbrex. 
  

  

  Stercorarius 
  crepidatus 
  Gmelin. 
  Richardson's 
  Skua. 
  

  

  "A 
  rare 
  visitor." 
  (Horn.) 
  "A 
  few 
  always 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  

   about 
  the 
  coast 
  in 
  autumn." 
  (Serle.) 
  

  

  This, 
  without 
  doubt, 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  Skua 
  upon 
  our 
  

   coasts, 
  but 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  immature 
  birds. 
  Often 
  

   have 
  I 
  watched 
  it 
  as 
  it 
  pursued 
  the 
  Gulls, 
  and 
  many 
  a 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  attack 
  and 
  equally 
  bold 
  attempt 
  to 
  escape 
  have 
  been 
  

   witnessed, 
  resulting 
  generally 
  in 
  success 
  for 
  the 
  Skua. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  great 
  variation 
  in 
  colour, 
  some 
  being 
  

   of 
  a 
  uniform 
  dark 
  greyish 
  -brown 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  body, 
  while 
  

   others 
  are 
  light-brown 
  above 
  and 
  whitish 
  beneath. 
  One 
  

   which 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Mennie, 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1895, 
  was 
  of 
  the 
  

   dark 
  form, 
  with 
  the 
  toes 
  and 
  upper-part 
  of 
  the 
  legs 
  black, 
  and 
  

   tibia 
  and 
  webs 
  a 
  light-blue. 
  

  

  Order 
  TUBINARES. 
  

  

  Family 
  PROCELLARIIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PROCELLARIA, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Procellaria 
  pelagica, 
  Linn, 
  Storm 
  Petrel. 
  

   " 
  Mother 
  Carey's 
  Chicken." 
  

  

  This 
  delicate 
  little 
  bird 
  is 
  frequently 
  cast 
  upon 
  the 
  coast 
  

   of 
  " 
  Dee," 
  and 
  during 
  storms 
  conveyed 
  far 
  inland, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   often 
  picked 
  up 
  dead 
  or 
  in 
  a 
  dying 
  condition. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  

   numerous 
  instances 
  caught 
  on 
  board 
  vessels, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  no 
  

   residence 
  on 
  our 
  coast 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  breed 
  with 
  us. 
  

  

  Porcellaria 
  leucorrhoa, 
  Vieillot. 
  Leach's 
  Petrel. 
  

  

  "In 
  December, 
  1876, 
  one 
  was 
  found 
  dead 
  at 
  Milltimber, 
  

   and 
  sent 
  to 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Mitchell, 
  Castle 
  Street, 
  Aberdeen." 
  

   (Taylor's 
  MS.) 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  19th, 
  1884, 
  a 
  female 
  was 
  caught 
  at 
  Girdleness 
  

   Lighthouse, 
  and 
  brought 
  alive 
  to 
  me. 
  It 
  weighed 
  slightly 
  

   over 
  If 
  ounces. 
  Its 
  stomach 
  contained 
  many 
  fragments 
  of 
  

   Copepodae 
  as 
  also 
  some 
  whole 
  ones 
  — 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  Timora 
  

  

  