COMMON SKUA—POMATORHINE SKUA. 339 
This bird is a native of the Arctic regions of North- 
East Asia and North America. 
It was not included in KelsalPs list. 
Sub- Family — StercorariincB. 
Gen US — Stercorarius. 
270. Stercorarius catarrhactes. Common Skua. 
A rare occasional visitor to the coast in winter. 
In the Hart collection are specimens procured near 
Christchurch in September, 1871, and October, 1879. 
More recorded an example obtained at Freshwater 
about the year 1 860, on the authority of the late Frederick 
Bond. 
In March, 1904, a gamekeeper picked up a specimen 
under a hedge at Lainston, near Sparsholt, which was 
forwarded by Mr. Chalkley to the Editor of the " Field " 
for identification. Having swallowed a baited hook, it 
appeared to have been starved to death, and was too far 
gone to be preserved. 
271. Stercorarius pomatorhinus, Pomatorhine 
Skua. 
An occasional visitor to the coast in autumn and 
winter. 
Our oldest record relates to the Isle of Wight, where a 
specimen was obtained by Butler during the winter of 
1844. It was identified and recorded by Bury. 
