22 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL. MUSEUM vol.80 



Lobipcs hyperboreun, Nelson, Birds of Bering Sea, etc.. Cruise of the Corwin, 



p. 91, 1883. 

 LoUpes lobatns, Beooks, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 59, p. 387, 1915. 



In discussing the distribution of the phalaropes in Bering Sea, Nel- 

 son states that " the Northern Phalarope appears to be the only 

 species breeding in the Aleutian chain and thence north to St. Law- 

 rence Island, where the Red Phalarope nests." Brooks found the 

 northern phalarope quite common at the southeast end of the island 

 on June 27. On June 26 he collected a clutch of eggs about one- 

 quarter incubated. 



Family STERCORARIIDAE, Skuas, Jaegers 



STERCORARIUS POMARINUS (Temminck) 



PoMAEiNE Jaeger 



Lestris pomarinus Temmikck, Manuel doruithologie, p. 514, 1815 (1814) (les 

 regions du cercle arctiqne, accidentel sur les cotes de Hollande et de 

 France). 



Dr. A. K. Fisher informs me that when he Avas on St. Lawrence 

 Island with the Harriman Expedition, on July 13, 1899, he saw 

 several pomarine jaegers flying over the tundra in the manner of 

 marsh hawks. He suggests that they were probably after meadow 

 mice, as these mammals Avere found in stomachs of specimens taken 

 in other localities. 



Collins collected two females in tlie light phase, on July 10 and 

 August 6, respectively, and one unsexed, undated bird in the dark 

 phase ; all were shot at Gambell. All three are in good, fairly fresh 

 plumage. 



STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS (Linnaeus!) 



Pabasitic Jaegeb 



Larus parasiticus JAsyAr.r-s, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 13fi, 1758 (intra 

 tropicum Cancri, Europae, Amerieae, Asiae=coast of Sweden). 



Stercorarius parasiticus, Nelson, Birds of Bering Sea, etc., Cruise of tlie Corwin, 

 p. Ill, 1883.— Seale, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelpliia, 1898, p. 130.— 

 Bailey, Condor, vol. 27, p. 101, 1925. 



Nelson saw the parasitic jaeger at St. Lawrence Island, as did 

 also Seale on July 1, 1896, and Hendee during the first week in July, 

 1921. 



STERCORARIUS LONGICAUDUS Vicillot 



Long-tailed .Taeger 



Stercorarius longicauOus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. 6d., vol. 32, 



p. 157, 1819 (le nord de I'Europe. de lAsio et de I'Ameriaue). 

 • Stercorarius lonyicaudiis, Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 113, p. 28, 1921.— Bailey, 

 Condor, vol. 27, p. 102, 1925. 



