STEECORARIUS. 



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Genus STEECORARIUS, Briss. 

 Stercorarius crepidatus (Banks). 



Lestris parasiticus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxxvi. fig. 3, «-/ 

 (18-15-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Em: Voy. tab. 64. lio- 2 dSoS-BS^ ^ 

 Lestris ncbardsouii, Heioitson, E<jgs of British Bird:, ii. p. 509,pl cxliii 



Stercorarius crepidatus, Z»/-e«ser, 52W/a- £?y;^. viii d 471 (^9,7^\\. c^^a / 

 * if«...V^....«, /6.^, 1876, p. 453; F:UdlZ\^SkLtpZ 

 Reconn. pp. .^35, ;i39 (1881) ; Sa^de^^, Cat. Birds T^ "xv pl^Z 

 (18961 ; 8har2)e, Hand-l. i. p. 144 (1899). ^ 



Stercoramis richardsoni, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. .353 ul 5.t nsfi'i^. 

 id. Ec,gs of Brit. Birds, p. 116, pi. 37. ^gl I, 2 (1896) ^' 



The egg^s of Richardson's Skua are of a pointed oval form, some- 

 times broad and at other times lengthened and narrow. The -roimd 

 colour vanes from greenish grey to dark olive and russet-brown 

 Ihe markings consist of spots, blotches and smears, and are of a 

 yellowish brown or brown of various shades, sometimes approach- 

 ing black. The underlying markings are seldom conspicuous, and 

 are of a pale purple colour. The markings of both kinds are 

 generaUy evenly distributed over the sheU, but in many cases they 

 are collected chiefly at tlie larger end, where they form an irregular 

 cap or zone._ The eggs measure from 2 to 2-5 in length, and from 

 i-4/ to 1-i m breadth. 



1. 

 13. 



Pludsons Bay. 



Greenland. 



Greenland (E. JI7iyniper). 



Greenland. 



(Greenland [E. Feneker .- Rarqitt 

 Coll.). 



Greenland, June (E. F. .- Haraitt 

 Coll.). 



South Greenland [H. Haiokins). 



Stromoe, Faroe Islands {H. W. 



Feilden). 

 Faroe Islands {H. C. Miiller). 

 Faroe Islands (H. C. M. .• Harqitt 



Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, 3rd .June {H. C. M. .- 



Hart/itt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, 5th June {H. C. M.). 

 Faroe Islands. 



Faroe Islands {Hanjitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands (Hargitt Coll.). 

 Shetlauds (A. Dunn). 

 Shetlands ( W. Proctor). 

 Unst, Shetlands (A. Newton). 

 Island of Noss, Shetlands, 10th- 



I4th Jidy {H. Saunders). 

 Shetlauds, 1st July. 

 Hoy, Orkneys (C. Hubbard). 

 Landegodcj Fiuniark, 7th Oct. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Saunders Coll. 

 Saunders Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Saunders Coll. 



Saunders Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Saunders CoU. 

 Salvui-Godman Coll. 

 Saunders Coll. 



Dr. A. Giiuther [p.j. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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