﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  neck; 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  feathers 
  Hght. 
  This 
  

   melanotic 
  plumage 
  is 
  usually 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  immature 
  birds, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  

   found 
  in 
  adults, 
  and 
  all 
  stages 
  or 
  gradations 
  between 
  the 
  dark 
  phase 
  des- 
  

   cribed 
  above 
  and 
  the 
  normal 
  light 
  plumage 
  may 
  be 
  found. 
  Intermediate 
  

   plumage: 
  Dark 
  band 
  of 
  spots 
  across 
  the 
  breast, 
  sometimes 
  broadening 
  

   till 
  the 
  whole 
  breast 
  appears 
  brown, 
  mottled 
  with 
  white; 
  sides 
  barred 
  with 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  under 
  and 
  upper 
  tail 
  coverts 
  barred 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  central 
  tail 
  feathers 
  

   project 
  one 
  inch; 
  feet 
  blotched 
  with 
  chrome 
  yellow. 
  Otherwise 
  like 
  the 
  

   adult. 
  Young: 
  Considerably 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  adult; 
  bill 
  and 
  feet 
  much 
  

   smaller 
  and 
  weaker 
  ; 
  central 
  tail 
  feathers 
  projecting 
  only 
  one 
  half 
  inch 
  or 
  

   less; 
  body 
  transversely 
  waved 
  with 
  dull 
  rufous, 
  becoming 
  broad 
  bars 
  on 
  

   the 
  flanks 
  and 
  the 
  tail 
  coverts; 
  brownish 
  black 
  prevailing 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  and 
  

   wing 
  coverts; 
  rufous 
  predominating 
  on 
  neck 
  and 
  under 
  parts; 
  wings 
  and 
  

   tail 
  brovv^nish 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  dusky 
  spot 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  feet 
  yellow 
  ; 
  toes 
  black. 
  

   The 
  different 
  phases 
  of 
  plumage 
  grade 
  into 
  each 
  other 
  imperceptibly. 
  

  

  Length 
  20-23 
  inches; 
  extent 
  48; 
  wing 
  14; 
  tail 
  8-g 
  ; 
  bill 
  i. 
  45-1. 
  75; 
  

   tarsus 
  2 
  ; 
  tibia, 
  bare 
  .75 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  1.9-2 
  ; 
  young 
  less, 
  in 
  all 
  dimen- 
  

   sions, 
  wing 
  12.5 
  ; 
  bill 
  1.25 
  ; 
  tarsus 
  1.69, 
  the 
  tail 
  varying 
  from 
  5.5 
  to 
  6.5 
  inches; 
  

   the 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  adult, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  elongated 
  feathers, 
  5 
  inches. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  ma}^ 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  jaegers 
  by 
  its 
  greater 
  

   size, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  tail 
  feathers, 
  which 
  are 
  quite 
  blunt 
  

   and 
  twisted 
  on 
  their 
  axes 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  vanes 
  at 
  the 
  tips 
  are 
  nearly 
  vertical. 
  

  

  The 
  Pomarine 
  jaeger 
  is 
  a 
  regular 
  transient 
  visitant 
  along 
  our 
  Atlantic 
  

  

  seaboard, 
  occurring 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July 
  (Chapman), 
  but 
  more 
  common 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  fall 
  from 
  August 
  6th 
  to 
  October 
  30th. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  rare 
  visitant 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  Great 
  Lakes. 
  Their 
  appearance 
  in 
  numbers 
  on 
  our 
  coast 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  depend 
  

  

  largely 
  on 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  small 
  bluefish. 
  Migration 
  records 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Rockaway, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Sept. 
  19, 
  1875. 
  (i). 
  N. 
  T. 
  Lawrence, 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  10: 
  235 
  

  

  Aug. 
  30-Oct. 
  15, 
  1872. 
  Numerous. 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Ossining, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Oct. 
  18, 
  1877. 
  Dr 
  A. 
  K. 
  Fisher 
  

   Long 
  Island, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Aug. 
  11, 
  1888. 
  L. 
  S. 
  Foster 
  

  

  Little 
  Gull 
  Island, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  6-16, 
  1888. 
  (common). 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  6: 
  125 
  

   Lake 
  Ontario, 
  Monroe 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  wv, 
  rare. 
  Truman 
  R. 
  Taylor 
  

   Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  (2). 
  (Buffalo 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Collection 
  and 
  R. 
  H. 
  Reed 
  collection). 
  

  

  James 
  H. 
  Savage 
  

   Shinnecock 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Oct. 
  9, 
  1885. 
  (Carter). 
  Dutcher, 
  Long 
  Island 
  Notes 
  

   Amityville, 
  L. 
  I. 
  1885. 
  

  

  Montauk. 
  L. 
  I. 
  Sept. 
  18. 
  1888. 
  (Scott). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Little 
  Gull 
  Island, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Sept. 
  18, 
  1888. 
  (50). 
  (Field)." 
  " 
  

  

  