STORM PETREL 257 
STERCORARIUS CREPIDATUS (J.F.Gmelin). 
RICHARDSON’S SKUA. 
Manx, *Shirragh varrey =Sea-Hawk. 
Mr. Kermode says that two were shot at Douglas, 26th 
April 1880. On 28th September 1884 I observed one 
among Gulls off the Victoria Pier, Douglas. A specimen 
from the Wallace collection was presented to the Isle of 
Man Natural History Society by Rev. H. A, Macpherson. 
Mr, Strappini showed Mr. Kermode the head, tail, and wing 
of one, and said he had shot the species off the Calf. 
The species is probably much more common a little to 
sea than might be imagined from the meagre notices of its 
capture. It is well known to fishermen by the Manx name 
given above as occurring on their grounds, and I noticed one 
in crossing from Douglas to Liverpool on 18th May 1885. 
This is the most common Skua on the Irish coast, 
occurring especially in autumn. It is not frequent, how- 
ever, anywhere round the Irish Sea, though it occurs also 
on its Scottish and English coasts. It breeds in a good 
many localities in Shetland, and more locally in the Outer 
Hebrides and in Orkney. 
It is more frequent on the east than on the west of 
England. 
PROCELLARIA PELAGICA, Linn. STORM 
PETREL. 
Manx, *Kitty (pronounced ‘Kirry’) varrey =Sea-Kitty (7.e. Wren). 
Jardine (vol. iv. p. 259) says of this species: ‘We have 
seen small parties off Douglas Harbour in the Isle of Man 
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