POMERINK SKUA. 
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longer than the next to them; under tail coverts, broadly 
margined across with two shades of brown. Legs, yellowish; 
Sir William Jardine remarks that the legs of this species 
are sometimes pied black and yellow; toes, black, yellowish 
at their bases; webs, black. 
So again the bill is dull black, the point the darkest; 
cere, dull black. Head, crown, neck, and nape, dull rusty 
black; chin and throat, rusty black, but paler; breast, with 
narrow alternate stripes of dark and light brown; back, rusty 
black, the feathers margined with brown, which markings 
gradually become broader as they go down to the tail 
coverts, whereon they are darkest. The primaries have the 
shafts white. Tail, rusty black, the central feathers elon¬ 
gated; underneath, whitish at the base, increasing to dark 
lead-colour; under tail coverts, mottled with brown bars. 
Legs, dark lead-colour, with a tinge of vivid blue; toes, black. 
