14 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



35. Megalestris skua (Brunn.). 



Skua. -^ 



Catharacta skua Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 33. 

 Megalestris skua Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Sept. 4, 1880, 

 208. 



[B 652, C 539, R 696, C 764.] 



Geog. 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 STERCORARIUS Brisson. 



Stercorarius Briss. Orn. V. 1760, 149. Type, Larus parasiticus 

 Linn. 



36. Stercorarius pomarinus (Temm.). 



Pomarine Jaeger. 



Larus pomarinus Temm. Man. d'Orn. 18 15, 514. 



Stercorarius pomarinus Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XXXII. 18 19, 158. 



[B 653, C 540, R 697, C 765.] 



Geog. 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 (Linn.). 



Parasitic Jaeger. 



Larus parasiticus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 136. 

 Stercorarius parasiticus Schaff. Mus. Orn. 1789, 62, pi. 37. 



[B 654, C 541, R 698, C 766.] 



Geog. 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. 



