CS- 



Order LONGIPENNES. 



Family STERCORARIID^]. 



SKUA. 



35. Megalestris skua. 22 in. 



Bill and feet powerful. Plumage chiefly 

 blackish-brown with whitish quills and patch 

 at the base of the primaries. Despoils other 

 sea birds of their prey. 



Nest. A hollow in the ground, sometimes 

 lined with weeds and sticks. Eggs olive- 

 brown, spotted with blackish. 



Range. Coasts and islands of the North 

 Atlantic. Winters south to Me. 



POMARINE JAEGER; JIDDY HAWK. 



36. Stercorarius pomarinus. 21 in. 



Two color phases. One uniform blackish- 

 brown with white quills and bases of pri- 

 maries. The other whitish below and around 

 the neck, and with a black cap. 



Nest. On the ground. Eggs olive-brown, 

 spotted with black. 



Range. Breeds in Arctic regions. Win- 

 ters off the coast south to N. J. 

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