172 NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



099. Long-tailed Jaeger — stercorarius parasiticus. Deep yellowish- 

 brown, spotted, blotched and lined with reddish-brown and umber of vary- 

 ing shades, pointed oval in shape; two or three; not distinguishable from 

 those of the foregoing; size from 1.90 to 2. 10 long by 1.40 to 1.50 broad. 

 The Long-tailed Skua has the same general habits and characteristics as 

 those of the two preceding species. Breeds in the Arctic regions. 



Hab. Northern part of the Northern Hemisphere, breeding in high northern districts; south in winter 

 to the Gulf of Mexico. 



70L Short-tailed Albatross — diomedea brachyura. This large Al- 

 batross is abundant off our Pacific coast. It deposits a single egg on the 

 bare ground of lonely islands, far out at sea. The egg is white and equal- 

 ended, and measures 4 20 by 2.60. The Albatrosses and Petrels are noted 

 birds, of gull-like form, variegated with black and white or uniformly sooty 

 in color. They have an immense expanse of wing and are unsurpassed in 

 powers of flight, and they are good swimmers. They are birds of the 

 ocean, rarely landing except to breed. Many an ancient mariner and mod- 

 ern one, too, has gazed upon these birds far out at sea. 



Hab Pacific Ocean, including western coast of America, northward to Behring's Sea. 



703. Sooty Albatross — phcehetria fuliginosa. The Sooty Albatross in- 

 habits the Pacific Ocean at large, and oft the coast of North America as far 

 north as Oregon. Nesting same as the Short-tailed. Eggs average 

 smaller. 



705. Fulmar Petrel — fulmarus glacialis. Pure white, shell very 

 brittle; resembling a hen's egg in size and shape. One egg is laid. The 

 Fulmar Petrels are found far out at sea and constantly attend whaling ships 

 to feed upon the blubber, of which they are very fond. This species is 

 exceedingly abundant in the North Atlantic, congregating in thousands at 

 St. Kilda and some others of its favorite breeding places. They nest on 

 rocky cliffs over the sea, and the young are at first fed by regurgitation, 

 upon oil, with which the stomachs of the adults are so filled that they vomit 

 it upon the slightest provication ; thus they are exceedingly disagreeable 



birds to handle. Hab. North Atlantic, south on the American coast to Massachusetts. 



705^:. Pacific P^ulmar — fulmarus glacialis pacificus. This Petrel 

 is found in great numbers in the North Pacific. Its general habits, nesting 

 and eggs are the same as those of No, 705. 



Hab. North Pacific, south on the American coast to Me-xico. 



705/^. Rodger's Fulmar — fulmarus glacialis rodgersi. On some 

 of the rocky islands in Behring's Sea this Fulmar is very abundant, nesting 

 on the inaccessible crags. The egg laid is white, nearly equal in size at both 



