. A history of British birds . (J68 GA VIJU. LARID^. Stercokarius pomatorhinus (Temminck*). THE POMATOKHINE SKUA. Lestris pomarinus. The first notice of this species as a British bird appearsto be in the sale Catalogue of Mr. Bullocks Collection,April, 1819, where, at page 32, lot 61, is an undescribedGull, much allied to the Arctic, but greatly superior in size,killed at Brighton ; and lot 62, a second example of thesame species, killed at Dover ; and a third is referred to as * Leslris pomarimis, Temminck, Man. doni. p. 514 (1S15); specific nameAtaeaded to pomatorhinus, horn nuifx
. A history of British birds . (J68 GA VIJU. LARID^. Stercokarius pomatorhinus (Temminck*). THE POMATOKHINE SKUA. Lestris pomarinus. The first notice of this species as a British bird appearsto be in the sale Catalogue of Mr. Bullocks Collection,April, 1819, where, at page 32, lot 61, is an undescribedGull, much allied to the Arctic, but greatly superior in size,killed at Brighton ; and lot 62, a second example of thesame species, killed at Dover ; and a third is referred to as * Leslris pomarimis, Temminck, Man. doni. p. 514 (1S15); specific nameAtaeaded to pomatorhinus, horn nuifxa (operculum) and pii> (nasus), by Mr. Sclater(Ibis, 1862, p. 297). POMATORHINE SKUA. 669 having been killed near Liverpool, and then in the col-lection of Lord Stanley. This species had already beencharacterized by Temminck (Manuel dornithologie, Ed. 1,p. 514, 1815), and by Brisson some fifty-five years its recognition as a visitor to our shores many moreexamples, most of them young birds, have been obtained ;and this species is now known to
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