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  STATE 
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  Little 
  Gull 
  Island, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Sept. 
  20, 
  1888. 
  (15). 
  (Field). 
  Butcher 
  Long 
  Island 
  Notes 
  

  

  Oct. 
  7, 
  1888. 
  

   Montauk, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Oct. 
  30, 
  1889. 
  (Scott). 
  

   Rockawav 
  Inlet, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  2, 
  1891. 
  (7). 
  (Marshall). 
  

   ' 
  " 
  Aug. 
  8, 
  1891. 
  (2). 
  

  

  Stercorarius 
  parasiticus 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Parasitic 
  Jaeger 
  

  

  Plate 
  4 
  

  

  Larus 
  parasiticus 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  10. 
  1758. 
  1:136 
  

   Lestris 
  richardsonii 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p- 
  215, 
  fig. 
  293 
  

   Stercorarius 
  parasiticus. 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  37 
  

  

  parasificus, 
  Lat., 
  parasitic 
  

  

  Description. 
  Very 
  similar 
  in 
  color 
  to 
  the 
  Pomarine 
  jaeger, 
  perhaps 
  

   a 
  more 
  slaty 
  or 
  brownish 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  in 
  the 
  adult. 
  The 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  stages 
  of 
  plumage 
  like 
  that 
  species 
  ; 
  in 
  size, 
  however, 
  decidedh' 
  smaller 
  ; 
  

   the 
  central 
  tail 
  feathers 
  straight 
  and 
  pointed, 
  projecting 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  inches. 
  

   The 
  young 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  species 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  distinguished 
  

   by 
  their 
  relative 
  dimensions, 
  especially 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  bill; 
  and 
  the 
  

   color 
  of 
  the 
  shafts 
  of 
  the 
  primaries 
  which 
  are 
  white 
  with 
  no 
  abrupt 
  change 
  

   to 
  brownish. 
  The 
  color 
  is 
  also 
  more 
  buffy 
  or 
  rusty, 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  larger 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  1 
  o 
  n 
  g 
  i 
  c 
  a 
  u 
  d 
  u 
  s. 
  

  

  Length 
  17-20 
  inches; 
  wing 
  12. 
  8-13. 
  75; 
  tail 
  5-6, 
  with 
  central 
  feathers 
  

   projecting 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  inches 
  farther; 
  bill 
  exposed 
  i. 
  24-1. 
  3; 
  tarsus 
  i. 
  60-1. 
  75; 
  

   tibia, 
  bare 
  .5; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  i. 
  62-1. 
  8. 
  Young 
  much 
  less, 
  the 
  central 
  

   tail 
  feathers 
  projecting 
  .75 
  to 
  2.5 
  inches, 
  according 
  to 
  age; 
  wing 
  12. 
  4-1 
  2. 
  8; 
  

   exposed 
  culmen 
  1.22. 
  

  

  The 
  Parasitic 
  jaeger 
  is 
  a 
  fairl}- 
  common 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  regular 
  transient 
  

   visitant 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  appearing 
  from 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  June 
  to 
  

   November 
  15th. 
  Other 
  names 
  for 
  it 
  are 
  Richardson 
  jaeger, 
  Arctic 
  hawk 
  

   gull. 
  Black 
  -toed 
  gull. 
  Boatswain, 
  Marling-spike, 
  Teaser. 
  

  

  Five 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  w^ere 
  all 
  3^oung 
  birds 
  of 
  

   the 
  year, 
  and 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  exhausted 
  con- 
  

   dition 
  as 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  take 
  wing 
  when 
  approached. 
  The 
  Monroe 
  county 
  

   bird 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  the 
  Herkimer 
  coimty 
  bird 
  on 
  the 
  

   water. 
  Migration 
  records 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Rockawav, 
  L. 
  I. 
  June 
  1873. 
  Lawrence, 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  10: 
  235 
  

   Gardiners 
  Island. 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  1884. 
  (Lucas 
  & 
  Buck). 
  Butcher 
  

   Shinnecock 
  ba}', 
  L. 
  I. 
  Oct. 
  9, 
  1885. 
  9 
  Dutcher 
  

  

  