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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  AIUSEUM 
  

  

  is 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  parasiticus; 
  the 
  unguis 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  cere 
  or 
  

   saddle 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  abrupt 
  change 
  at 
  the 
  third 
  primary 
  from 
  white 
  to 
  

   brownish 
  shafts 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  adult. 
  

  

  The 
  Long-tailed, 
  Arctic, 
  or 
  Buffon 
  jaeger 
  is 
  apparently 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  

   this 
  State. 
  Mr 
  Dutcher 
  has 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  specimens 
  in 
  his 
  Long 
  Island 
  

   Notes. 
  Mr 
  Helme 
  says 
  it 
  occurs 
  as 
  a 
  rare 
  visitant, 
  but 
  mentions 
  no 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  The 
  same 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  notes 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  L. 
  S. 
  Foster 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   and 
  David 
  Bruce 
  of 
  Brockport. 
  Mr 
  Chapman 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  

  

  Lon^icaudus 
  

  

  Long-taik- 
  1 
  j,i 
  

  

  (Note 
  the 
  abrupt 
  change 
  at 
  the 
  third 
  primarv 
  

   n 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  shafts') 
  

  

  • 
  I 
  . 
  (Note 
  the 
  abrupt 
  change 
  

   in 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  shafts.) 
  

  

  Pdrasiticus 
  

  

  Bills 
  of 
  jaegers 
  i 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  Parasitic 
  jaeger. 
  (Note 
  the 
  gradual 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  whiteness 
  of 
  the 
  

   primary 
  shafts.) 
  

  

  not 
  uncommon 
  off 
  our 
  coast. 
  The 
  only 
  definite 
  record 
  for 
  this 
  State 
  is 
  

   an 
  immature 
  bird 
  in 
  the 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  fall 
  taken 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  

   now 
  in 
  the 
  Lawrence 
  Collection 
  [Am. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  no. 
  46094]. 
  

  

  The 
  jaegers 
  of 
  Giraud 
  and 
  DeKay 
  are 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  make 
  out. 
  The 
  

   Lestris 
  parasiticus 
  of 
  Giraud, 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  copies 
  

   from 
  Fauna 
  Boreali 
  Americana, 
  is 
  evidently 
  the 
  Long-tailed 
  jaeger 
  which 
  

   is 
  now 
  known 
  as 
  1 
  o 
  n 
  g 
  i 
  c 
  a 
  u 
  d 
  u 
  s 
  , 
  but 
  the 
  specimen 
  from 
  South 
  Oyster 
  

   Bay 
  [Birds 
  of 
  L. 
  I. 
  p. 
  365], 
  which 
  he 
  ascribes 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  

   the 
  light 
  phase 
  of 
  a 
  Parasitic 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  Long-tailed 
  jaeger, 
  since 
  he 
  states 
  

  

  