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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-] 



HAB. Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic, chiefly northward. 

 South to Spain and Massachusetts. Apparently rare on the coast of 

 North America. 



GENUS STERCORARIUS BRISSON. 



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

 Lixx. 



36. Stercorarius pomarinus (TEMM.). 



Pomarine Jaeger. 



Larus pomarinus TEMM. Man. d'Orn. 1815, 514. 



Stercorarius pomarinus VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. XXXII. 1819, 158. 



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



HAB. Seas and inland waters of northern portions of the Northern 

 Hemisphere, south in winter to Africa and Australia, and probably 

 South America. Not known to occur in winter on the Atlantic coast 

 of North America north of Long Island. 



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.] 



HAB. Northern part of Northern Hemisphere, southward in winter 

 to South Africa and South America. Breeds in high northern dis- 

 tricts, and winters from the Middle States and California southward 

 to Brazil and Chili. 



38. Stercorarius longicaudus VIEILL. 



Long-tailed Jaeger. 



Stercorarius longicaudus VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. XXXII. 1819, 157. 



