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the Nova Scotian banks in winter; seen near Lady Franklin 
island, Hudson strait, in Sept.; they then had young ones on the 
rocks. (Kumelin.) 
XIX. STERCORARIUS Brisson _ 1760. 
36. Pomarine Jaeger. 
Stercorarius pomarinus (TEMM.) VIEILL. 18109. 
Said to be the commonest species of the genus in the north ; 
breeds in northern Greenland and has been seen at the Parry 
islands and Regent inlet. (Avct. Man.) A rare autumn visitor 
along the whole Atlantic coast of Canada and Gulf of St. Law- 
rence. This bird is occasionally seen in company with the large 
gulls which spend a short time during the severity of the winter 
around the west end of Lake Ontario. (Wcllwraith.) Great Slave 
lake, very rare. (Ross.) Not uncommon in the Arctic seas and 
northern outlets of Hudson bay where it subsists on putrid fish ; it 
goes south in winter reaching Hudson bay in May. (Richardson.) 
Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay, 1845. (Dr. Gillespie, Jr.) 
Rather common on Hudson bay in the summer of 1899 but no 
breeding place seen. (4. P. Low.) These birds were first observed 
at Bonne bay, Newfoundland, in August, and from this point 
northward to lat. 71°. they were common at nearly all points, 
and from Belle Isle to Hudson strait they were abundant- 
(Kumelin.) 
One specimen taken near Victoria, Vancouver island, 
October 22nd, 1898. (Kermode.) <A rare visitor on the Pribilof 
islands. Mr. Elliott found one and Mr. C.H. Townsend another. 
During the summer of 1890 two were seen on St. George island 
eating the carcases of fur-seals. (/almer.) 
On the Pacific coast they reached the Yukon mouth, May 13th 
and became more common until the last of the month; abundant 
at St. Lawrence island and everywhere in Bering strait; very 
numerous along the Arctic coast on the borders of the ice pack. 
(Nelson.) Arrives at St. Michael by the first week in June ; it is a 
resident of the drier portions of the lowlands, usually solitary, but 
several may be seen together at one time in the neighbourhood. 
(Zurner.) A regular summer visitor at Point Barrow, but the 
least common of the three species. (Murdoch.) 
