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Dec. 16, 1896, scattered a flight of Rriinnich's Miirres over tlie 

 IT. S. from Michigan and Indiana to South CaroHna ; a few of 

 these were captured and recorded (Auk, Apr., 1897, pp. 197-199, 

 202, 203, 226, 228)." Frank C. Pellctt reports " a lost specimen, 

 caught aHve in December" (Cass). J. H. Brown ("An Acci- 

 dental \'isitor,"' Iowa Orn., iii, i, 1897, 11) says: "Mr. P'rank 

 Pellett of Atlantic sends me a description of what will prove to 

 be one of the Murres, probabl)^ the Atlantic form, C/ria troilc 

 Linn. It was captured alive, but thoroughly exhausted, Dec. 

 20th, near Atlantic, and died some time after. It has been 

 mounted and is now in Mr. Pellett' s collection." Mr. George C. 

 Hoover of West Branch wrote to me under date of April 4, 1897: 

 "I had given to me perhaps one of the most rare and strange 

 l)irds ever found in the state. It was a specimen of the Auk 

 family known as the Murre {('ria /roilc). It was found in John- 

 son county in Januarj- of this \-ear. I mounted it and now have 

 it in my collection." 



Both of these specimens were midoubtedly stragglers from the 

 great flight of Briinnich Murres recorded above. 



Order LONGIPICXNIvS. The Long-winged Swimmers. 

 P\anuly Stickcorakiid.i-;. Jaegers, or Skuas. 



The Jaegers are inhabitants of northern regions, usuall}- pelagic, 

 and only occasionally appearing inland. They are rapacious and 

 generally subsist by robbing Gulls and Terns. 



Genus Stercorarius. 



10. (37). Sicrcorarius parasiticus {l^'inn.). Parasitic Jceger. 



One specimen is reported from Lee county by Mr. William G. 

 Praeger: "Accidental, one record: shot on the Mississippi oppo- 

 .site Keokuk and brought to me Oct. 6, 1896." Edmonde S. Cur- 

 rier says of this specimen: "It was shot on the Des Moines Rapids 

 of the Mi.ssissippi at Keokuk, Oct. 6, 1896. I saw the skin in Mr. 

 Praeger' s collection and think that it was properly identified. 

 The locality is correctly lowan." In the Coe College collection 

 Dr. B. H. Bailey has a specimen shot Sept. 20, 1905, at I{agle 

 Lake, near Britt, Hancock county, by James Ward. Length, 18 

 inches; extent of wing, 41^2 inches; iris hazel. Sex, female (?), 

 doubtful, on account of the specimen being badly shot. 



