14 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
35. Megalestris skua (BRUNN.). 
Skua. 
Catharacta skua BRUNN. Orn. Bor. 1764, 33. 
Megalestris skua RipGw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Sept. 4, 1880, 
208. 
[B 652, C 539, R 696, C 764.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic, chiefly 
northward. South to Spain and North Carolina. Apparently rare 
on the coast of North America. 
Genus STHRCORARIUS Brisson. 
Stercorarius Briss. Orn. V. 1760, 149. Type, Larus parasiticus 
LINN. 
36. Stercorarius pomarinus (TeEmm.). 
Pomarine Jaeger. 
Larus pomarinus TEMM. Man. @’Orn. 1815, 514. 
* Stercorarius pomarinus ViEILL. Nouv. Dict. XXXII. 1819, i158. 
[B 653, C 540, R 697, € 765.] 
Groc. Dist.— Seas and inland waters of northern portions of 
the northern hemisphere, south in winter to Africa, Australia, and 
probably South America. 
37. Stercorarius parasiticus (LI1nv.). 
Parasitic Jaeger. 
Larus parasiticus LINN. S. N. ed. to, I. 1758, 136. 
Stercorarius parasiticus SCHAFF. Mus. Orn. 1789, 62, pl. 37- 
[B 654, C 541, R 698, C 766.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Northern part of northern hemisphere, southward 
in winter to South Africa and South America. breeds in high 
northern districts, and winters from New York and California south- 
ward to Brazil. 
