KITTIWAKE. 
32y 
Longparish, many years ago, by Mr. 1. Potticary, and are 
in the possession of Mrs. Faithfull, of that place. 
Genus — Rissa. 
260. Rissa tridactyla. Eittiwake. 
A very scarce resident in the Isle of Wight, receiving 
large additions to its numbers in winter, principally in 
the neighbourhood of our coasts. 
Not commonly seen inland. 
We are enabled to class this bird as a resident, on the 
authority of Mr. G. T. Woods, of Sandown, who informs 
us that a few pairs certainly still nest on the Culver Cliffs. 
In the year 1903, he obtained an egg, which had rolled 
from a nest on to a grassy slope below. 
In the "Letters of Rusticus" (1849), it is mentioned 
that the bird was seen at Freshwater in May. 
Bury in Adams' "Isle of Wight," published in 1858, 
says that it no longer nests at Freshwater ; and More, 
writing shortly afterwards, reckons it as a winter visitor. 
Hadfield, however, in the "Zoologist," in 1866, writes 
that in the April of that year they were evidently paired 
on the Culver Cliffs, though no nests were found, and 
none of the birds were seen in June. 
Dr. Cowper says it certainly used to nest at Freshwater, 
since the collection of the late Rev. W. D. Fox contained 
eggs taken there. 
The specimen in the Winchester College collection was 
obtained at the Sewage Farm in 1894, ^"^^ records 
an example from Alton. 
