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37. Parasitic Jaeger. 
Stercorarius parasiticus (LINN.) SCHAFF. 1789. 
Breeds in both inspectorates of Greenland, but more commonly 
in the southern; also on the west coast of Davis strait and in the 
Polar sea. (Arct. Man.) Along the Atlantic coast, in spring and 
in autumn, as far south as Grand Manan. (Herrick.) Gulf of 
St. Lawrence. (Diéonne.) A single specimen was seen July 2oth, 
18—, near Mingan harbour. (Brewstev.) South to Fort Simpson) 
lat. 62° 30’; rare. (Ross.) Not uncommon on the Barren Grounds 
and at Franklin bay. Nests occasionally procured in these locali- 
ties. (Macfarlane.) This species inhabits the Arctic sea coast of 
America. Numerous specimens were taken on Melville peninsula 
and North Georgian islands, as well as in Baffin bay. Specimens 
-were also taken on the Barren Grounds and at Fort Franklin, lat. 
6s° 18’ N. (Richardson.) Several seen on the west coast of © 
James bay, May, 1908. (Spreadborough.) Common about Roes 
Welcome, where it despoils arctic terns, and seen occasionally in 
the waters to the northward. (A. P. Low.) The stomach contents 
of this and the next species (taken in Hudson bay) were bones 
and feathers. (A. Halkett.) A specimen of the melanistic form 
taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay, 1845. (Dr. Gillespre, Jr.) 
Occasional spring and autumn visitor to the Great Lakes. (/. H. 
Fleming.) This bird occurs about the entire coast line of Bering 
sea, but is most numerous along the low marshy coast of Norton 
sound and thence south to the Kuskoquim river. Its breeding 
range covers the entire region from the Aleutian islands north to 
the extreme part of the mainland. (Ve/son.) A frequent visitor 
to the Aleutian islands, and tolerably common at St. Michael. 
( Turner.) Not common at Point Barrow ; none breed. (Murdoch.) 
This species has the same general distribution as the pomarine 
jaeger, but is not socommon. (Awmelin.) One specimen taken 
at Victoria, B.C., by Mr.W. L. Gilchrist, Nov., 1897. Another was 
taken at Comox by Mr. A.C. Brooks, Sept. 12th, 1903. (Kermode.) 
Several seen at Homer, Cook inlet, Alaska, Aug. 22nd, 1899. 
(Osgood.) Casual (on the Pribilof islands). Elliott saw but 
four or five examples. He found half-digested berries of E7petrum 
in their stomachs. (Palmer.) 
BreEpDiNnG Nores.—I have a clutch of two eggs that were taken 
at Skonntzaz, Greenland, on June 11th, 1890. (azne.) 
