[10] Willughby ("Ornithology," English Ed., p. 348) gives a good description of the Great Skua (_Stercorarius catarrhactes_) under the name of _Catarracta_, a skin of which he says was sent him by Dr. Walter Needham, and rightly identified it with the Skua which Hoier sent to Clusius, but his figure is evidently drawn from a skin of the Great Black-backed Gull. Hoier, whose name so often occurs about this time in connection with birds from the north, was a physician, living at Bergen in Norway. The Great Skua still breeds in sadly reduced numbers on the Shetland and Faröe Islands, but is rarely met with in Norfolk. As also that [strong _struck out_] large & strong billd fowle [Clusius nameth _struck out_] spotted like a starling wch clusius nameth Mergus maior farroensis[11] as frequenting the faro islands seated above shetland. one whereof I sent unto my worthy friend Dr Scarburgh. [11] The bird here mentioned is doubtless the Great Northern Diver, _Colymbus glacialis_. In another place Browne again refers to it as _Mergus maximus Farrensis_, which Clusius ("Exotic.," p. 102) calls _Mergus maximus Farrensis_, a name used by Willughby as a synonym for his "Greatest Speckled Diver or Loon" (p. 341). This bird is known to our fishermen as the Herring Loon, the Red-throated and perhaps also the Black-throated Divers being called Sprat Loons. It is a pity Browne's "draught" is not forthcoming. Here is also the pica marina[12] or seapye many sorts of Lari,[13] seamewes & cobs. the Larus maior in great abundance [about _struck out_] in [_written above_] herring time about yarmouth. [12] The Oyster Catcher, or Sea Pie, is found in greater numbers on the north-west portion of the County of Norfolk than on the eastern shore; it breeds occasionally about Wells, where it is universally known as the "Dickey-bird."