ARCTIC JAGER. ^11 



fish on their own account, but compel the former to 

 disgorge their food, which they instantly seize and 

 devour : however, they sometimes feed upon the dead 

 carcases of whales and (the Jagers especially) upon 

 mollusca. They reside in high latitudes : their flight 

 is very peculiar, and apparently convulsive. The sexes 

 resemble each Other, but the young differ much from 

 the old. 



The Jagers are of a dingy appearance ; the colours 

 being a mixture of brown, whitish, and dull red. 



ARCTIC JAGER. 



(Stercorarius Cepplrus.) 



St. supra niger, collo pectore abdomineque albis ; vel, luteo 



Juscoque varius, subtus pallidior, macula alarum alba ; jun. 

 Jager above black, with the neck, breast, and abdomen white ; 



or, varied with yellow and brown, paler beneath, with a white 



spot on the wing ; young. 

 Larus parasiticus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 226. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 601. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 819. 

 Stercorarius longicaudus. Briss. Orn. 6. 155. 

 Catharacta parasitica. Brun. Amer. Bor. 127, 128. 

 Le Labbe a longue queue. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 445. Buff. 



PL Enl. 762. 

 Strundt-jager. Rati Syn. 127. 

 Arctic Bird. Edw. Glean, p. 148, 149. 

 Arctic Gull. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 245. pi. 87. Penn. Arct. 



Zool. 2. 459. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 389. pi. 99. Lew. Brit. 



Birds, 6. pi. 207- Wale. Syn. l.pl.US. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



1. and Supp. Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 239. Linn. Trans, viii, 



267. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 164. 



