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the Nova Scotian banks in winter ; seen near Lady Franklin 

 island, Hudson strait, in Sept. ; they then had young ones on the 

 rocks. {Kumelin.) 



XIX. STERCORARIUS Brisson 1760. 



36. Pomarine Jaeger. 



Stcrcorarms pomari?ms iTY.MU.) Vieill. 1819. 



Said to be the commonest species of the genus in the north ; 

 breeds in northern Greenland and has been seen at the Parry 

 islands and Regent inlet. {Arct Man.) A rare autumn visitor 

 along the whole Atlantic coast of Canada and Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. This bird is occasionally seen in company with the large 

 gulls which spend a short time during the severity of the winter 

 around the west end of Lake Ontario. {Mclhvraith.) Great Slave 

 lake, very rare. {Ross.) Not uncommon in the Arctic seas and 

 northern outlets of Hudson bay where it subsists on putrid fish ; it 

 goes south in winter reaching Hudson bay in May. {Richafdson.) 

 Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay, 1845. {Dr. Gillespie, Jr.) 

 Rather common on Hudson bay in the summer of 1899 but no 

 breeding place seen. {A. P. Loiv.) These birds were first observed 

 at Bonne bay, Newfoundland, in August, and from this point 

 northward to lat. 71° they were common at nearly all points, 

 and from Belle Isle to Hudson strait they were abundant* 

 {Kumelin.) 



One specimen taken near Victoria, Vancouver island, 

 October 22nd, 1898. {Kermode.) A rare visitor on the Pribilof 

 islands. Mr. Elliott found one and Mr. C. H. Townsend another. 

 During the summer of 1890 two were seen on St. George island 

 eating «the carcases of fur-seals. {Palmer.) 



On the Pacific coast they reached the Yukon mouth. May 13th 

 and became more common until the last of the month ; abundant 

 at St. Lawrence island and everywhere' in Bering strait ; very 

 numerous along the Arctic coast on the borders of the ice pack. 

 {Nelson.) Arrives at St. Michael by the first week in June ; it is a 

 resident of the drier portions of the lowlands, usually solitary, but 

 several may be seen together at one time in the neighbourhood. 

 {Turfier.) A regular summer visitor at Point Barrow, but the 

 least common of the three species. {Murdoch.) 



