ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 65 



ORIENT. Rare and irregular winter visitant, January 12, 

 1904 and January 26, 1887 (Worthington) . 



LONG BEACH. One record, January 18, 1922 (Bicknell). 



DOVEKIE (Alle alle) 



Like the last two species an irregular winter visitant from 

 November to March off Long Island, but is apparently less 

 often driven to shore by severe weather. There are some 20 

 records in the last 40 years. Casual in summer off Long 

 Island, and only one record inland, Ossining, December 5, 

 1898 (A. K. Fisher). 



Long Island. Irregular winter visitant, casual in June, 

 August, and September. October 31, 1911 (D. H. Miller speci- 

 ment sent to Dr. Dwight) to March 24. 



ORIENT. Rare, irregular winter visitant, January 22, 

 1901 to February 14, 1914. 

 MASTIC. One record. 



LONG BEACH. Several records. Two November 23, 1891 

 (N. T. Lawrence); one found dead May 30, 1911 (Griscom, 

 Hix, Rogers) ; another found exhausted and smeared with oil 

 January 25, 1922 (Hix); coast guards report other specimens 

 on February 5, 1921 and mid-December 1921 (Bicknell). 



SKUA (Megalestris skua) 



Accidental visitant. Two records : one found dead on the 

 beach at Amagansett, March 17, 1886; another specimen 

 struck the Montauk Point Light, August 10, 1896, and its 

 wing was sent to the Biological Survey in Washington, where 

 it was identified by Dr. A. K. Fisher. 



POMARINE JAEGER (Stercorarius pomarinus) 

 The Jaegers are the robbers among seabirds, and are 

 generally seen chasing the smaller Gulls and Terns, compelling 

 them to drop the food they have secured. In life they 

 strongly resemble the Gulls, but have a swifter, more powerful 

 and hawk-like flight, with more rapid wing beats. While 

 their plumages vary in many puzzling ways, the dark phase 

 is darker than any immature Gull, the light phase is always 



