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  YOKK 
  STATE 
  IMUSEUM 
  

  

  under 
  parts 
  lighter; 
  bill 
  aiitl 
  feet 
  blaekish; 
  iris 
  brown; 
  young 
  similar 
  but 
  

   more 
  streaked 
  about 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  neck. 
  

  

  Length 
  20-22 
  inches; 
  wing 
  16; 
  tail 
  6; 
  central 
  feather 
  elongated 
  .5; 
  

   bill 
  2.1 
  ; 
  gape 
  3; 
  tarsus 
  2.7; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  3.1 
  ; 
  the 
  young 
  much 
  less, 
  

   the 
  wing 
  being 
  of 
  different 
  shape 
  and 
  only 
  12.25 
  ""^ 
  length. 
  

  

  The 
  Skua, 
  or 
  Sea-hawk 
  may 
  be 
  recognized 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  jaegers 
  by 
  

   its 
  greater 
  size 
  and 
  robustness. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  bird 
  on 
  this 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  

   although 
  it 
  may 
  brecxl 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Baffin 
  bay. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  

   least 
  three 
  times 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Massachusetts. 
  There 
  are 
  three 
  records 
  

   for 
  this 
  State, 
  the 
  first 
  being 
  recorded 
  by 
  William 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  3: 
  432. 
  

   The 
  bird 
  was 
  found 
  dead 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  by 
  Mr 
  M. 
  F. 
  King, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Amagansett 
  Life 
  Sa\'ing 
  vStation, 
  Suffolk 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  on 
  March 
  17, 
  

   1886. 
  It 
  had 
  undoubtedly 
  been 
  washed 
  ashore 
  and 
  frozen 
  in 
  the 
  ice 
  during 
  

   the 
  gale 
  of 
  Januarx' 
  9th 
  preceding. 
  The 
  second 
  specimen 
  was 
  secured 
  on 
  

   Niagara 
  river, 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1886, 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Charles 
  Linden 
  of 
  Buffalo, 
  

   N. 
  Y., 
  and 
  is 
  reported 
  in 
  Bergtold's 
  List 
  of 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Bviffalo 
  and 
  Vicinity, 
  

   also 
  in 
  the 
  Aiik, 
  6: 
  33:. 
  A 
  third 
  specimen 
  struck 
  the 
  Montauk 
  Point 
  Light 
  

   August 
  10, 
  1896. 
  Its 
  w'ing 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Biological 
  Survey 
  in 
  Washington 
  

   where 
  it 
  was 
  identified 
  by 
  Dr 
  Fisher. 
  

  

  Stercorarius 
  pomarinus 
  (Temminck) 
  

   Pomarinc 
  Jaeger 
  

  

  Plate 
  4 
  

  

  Larus 
  pomarinus 
  Temminck. 
  Manuel 
  d'Ornithologie. 
  1815. 
  514 
  

   Lest 
  r 
  is 
  pomarinus 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  316, 
  fig. 
  202 
  

   Stercorarius 
  pomarinus 
  A. 
  0. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  36 
  

  

  stercora'rins, 
  Lat., 
  pertaining 
  to 
  dung; 
  pomari'iius, 
  incorrectly 
  formed 
  for 
  

   pomatorhinus 
  , 
  Gr. 
  ■n-wfj.a, 
  7r<o/xaTos, 
  a 
  flap, 
  and 
  pts, 
  pti'ds, 
  nose, 
  

   alKiding 
  to 
  the 
  saddle 
  or 
  cere 
  

  

  Description. 
  Adult 
  breeding 
  plumage: 
  Upper 
  parts 
  brownish 
  black 
  

   or 
  soot\' 
  slate; 
  under 
  jjarts 
  white; 
  neck 
  all 
  the 
  wa}' 
  aroimd 
  white, 
  except 
  

   the 
  pointed 
  feathers 
  which 
  are 
  yellow-; 
  crown, 
  lores 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  chin 
  black; 
  

   bill 
  horn 
  color, 
  black 
  at 
  tip; 
  feet 
  black; 
  u]:)per 
  part 
  of 
  tarsus 
  light 
  bluish; 
  

   iris 
  brown. 
  Dark 
  phase: 
  Nearly 
  uniform 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  

   crown 
  and 
  lightening 
  to 
  smoky 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  belly; 
  a 
  slight 
  gilding 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  