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JACKSON’S GULL. L. Jacksonii. Nobis. 
GLAUCOUS GULL. L. Glaucvs. Jenyns, p. 279. Be- 
wick’s Br. B., vol. 2, last Edition. Rare. 
LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL. L. Fuscvs. Jenyns, 
p. 277. Bewick’s Br. B., vol. 2, Sup. p. 30 and 198. 
GREAT BLACK BACKED GULL. L. Marims. Jenyns, 
p, 278. Bewick’s Br. B., vol. 2, p. 194. Strip. Notun- 
common. 
* SKUA GULL, Lestris Cataractcs. Jenyns, p. 280. Be- 
wick’s Br. B., vol. 2, p. 212. It is not uncommon in 
Autumn, at a few leagues from land, but never approaches 
the shore. I have obtained it from fishermen, who have 
caught it alive, with a baited hook. 
RICHARDSON’S SKUA. L. Richurdsonii. Jenyns, p. 
282. Bewick’s Br. D., vol. 2, p. 115; and Ad. p. 6. In 
Winter. It bears the name of Tom Horry, in common 
with the last and next named Species. 
ARCTIC JAGER. L. Parasiticus. Eyton’s Rarer Birds, 
p. 55. One that I possessed, was taken with a baited hook. 
Most of the larger Gulls are bold and ferocious Birds, prey- 
ing not only on dead matter and insects and fishes, bat also on 
the smaller Birds. The Herring Gull has been seen to pursue 
and devour the Sky Lark, in the fields, and the Skua, in like 
manner, to make a meal of the Stormy Petrel. 
PETRELS. 
* FULMAR. Procettaria glacialis. Jenyns, p. 284. Be- 
wick’s Br. vol. 2, p. 329. 
* CINEREOUS SHEARWATER. Procellaria Puffinus. 
Jenyns, p. 284. Eyton’s Rarer Birds, p. 49. I have only 
seen one Specimen, which was brought to me alive, having 
seized a fisherman’s bait, in October, 1833. 
MANK’S SHEARWATER. P. Anglorum. Jenyns, p. 
285. Bewick’s Br. B., vol. 2, p. 223. Skidden. Abundant 
late in Autumn, watching for the fisherman’s baits, whieh 
they seize with eagerness. 
GREY PETREL. P. Cincrea. Br. Mus. This is inserted 
on the authority of a Fishermen, who gave me an account 
of a bird that approached within a few feet of him, having 
all the actions of a Petrel, and about the size of a Black- 
bird, with a bluish grey back, and white below. 1 his 
Species is a native of the Mediterranean. 
’ STORMY PETREL. P. Pelagica. Jenyns, p. 285. Be- 
wick’s Br. B., vol. 2, p. 226. Common, chiefly in misty 
weather in Autumn ; when, in the dusk of the evening, our 
fisherboys catch great numbers with their keep nets. 
* I'ORKTAILD PETREL. P. Leachii. Jenyns, p. 286. 
Bewick’s Br. B., vol. 2, last Edition. I have known the 
taking of several Specimens, in stormy weather, late in the 
year. E 
