Feeding methods of Long-tailed Skuas.--R. J. Sandison's note on a Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longkaudus surface-skimming like a Black Tern Chlidonias niger (Brit. Birds, 57: 250) prompts me to record that in August 1962 I several times watched these attractive birds feeding in this way in the Varanger Fjiord, north Norway. For example, my note-book states that on 4th August, in the company of A....

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