B U T T O N ' S S K U A.
ARCTIC JAGER. BOATSWAIN.
Lesiris Buffoni,
" parasiticus,
" cnpidalus, (young)
Cataractcs parasiticus,
Stercorarius Ctpphus,
" iotigicaudus,
Larus parasiticus,
" cnpidalus, (young)
Cafaracfa Ccpphus,
BOIE. MEYER.
BUONAPARTE.
JLNYNS. EYTON. GOULD.
TEMMINCK.
FLEMING.
SHAW.
BKISSON.
L l N N J E U S .
GHELTN. LATHAM.
BRUNHICH. RAY.
Lcstris—A pirate vessel.
Buffmiv—Oi Buffon.
Tins species has been named after M. Buffon, the celebrated
French naturalist.
Many of these birds are seen in North America, about Baffin's
Bay, Melville Peninsula, and the North Georgian Islands.
Specimens have been procured in different parts of France and
Belgium, and they occur also in Norway, Iceland, and Spitsbergen.
In Yorkshire an individual of tins kind was taken near llcdcar,
on the 20th. of July, 1849; another, I believe, near Bridlington Quay,
and a third at Flamborough. One in Devonshire, near Plymouth, as
John Gat combe, Esq. has written me word, others, but rarely.
Another was shot by George Dawson Bowley, Esq., at Wintringham,
St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, on the 20th. of October, 1848; it was
sitting in an arable field, and was very tame. The remains of a
dead bird, apparently its mate, were also found not far off. In
Norfolk a specimen was picked up dead at Hockham, in September,
1847. In Durham, an adult bird was found near Whitburn, at the