LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS. Order II. LONGIPENNES 

 SKUA AND JAEGERS. Family STERCORARIIDAE 



Skuas and Jtegers are birds having a Gull or Tern-like form and with a hook- 

 ed bill, the base of which is covered with a scaly shield. They have webbed 

 feet and are able to swim and dive, but they commonly get their living by 

 preying upon the Gulls and Terns, overtaking them by their superior speed 

 and by their strength and ferocity forcing them to relinquish their food. The 

 Jaegers especially are one of the swiftest and most graceful birds that fly. 



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