c iW ARCTIC JAGEU. 



Stercoraire parasite. Tenon, man. d'Orn. 512. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 



796. 

 Young. — Larus crepidatus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. G02. Lath. 



Lid. Orn. 2. 819. 

 Catharacta Cepphus. Rail Si/u. 129. Brun. Orn. Bor. 12G. 

 Stercorarius. Briss. Orn. 6. 150. 

 Le Labbe, ou le Stercoraire. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 441. 



pL 34. Buff. PI. Enl. 991 . Temm. man. d'Om. 515. 

 Le Labbe a courte queue. Cuv. Beg- Ariim. 1. 520. 

 Black-toed Gull. Penn. Brit. Zool.2. 244. pi. 86. Penn. Arct. 



Zoo!. 2. 460. Lath. Gen. Syri. 6. 387. Lath. Syn. Sup. 268. 



Lev?. Brit. Birds, 6. pi. 2 1 6. Wofe. %;. 1 . ;;/. 1 1 8. Mont. 



Orn. Diet. J. and Supp. Bexv. Brit. Birds, 2. 236. Lath. 



Gen. Hist. x. 166. 



Length, including the long tail-feathers, about 

 twenty-one inches : beak of a clear olive, with its tip 

 black : irides yellowish-brown : the top of the head, 

 the back, wings, and tail, are very deep unspotted 

 brown : the forehead, nape, sides of the head, throat, 

 and fore part of the neck are yellowish-white : breast 

 and belly pure white : vent and tail-coverts rayed 

 with brown and yellowish : quills white on their inner 

 webs at the base : their shafts white : the two middle 

 tail-feathers are considerably longer than the others : 

 legs black. The young have the brown on the head 

 and the back brighter j the forehead brown, with all 

 the feathers of these parts tipped with reddish-white : 

 the fore part of the neck, the nape, and under parts are 

 of a greyish-white : the sides, thighs, vent, and tail- 

 coverts are striped with blackish, brown, and whitish: 

 the two middle tail-feathers scarcely exceed the others 

 in length. 



This species is abundant in the Arctic regions ; and 

 also in the Hebridal islands and the Orcades, and 



