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the Nova Scotian banks in winter ; seen near Lady Franklii 

 island, Hudson strait, in Sept. ; they then had young ones on th^ 

 rocks. {Kumelin.) 



XIX. STERCORARIUS Brisson 1760. 

 36. Pomarine Jaeger. 



Stercorarius pomarinus {^'KMU.) Vieill. 1819. 



Said to be the commonest species of the genus in the north 

 breeds in northern Greenland and has been seen at the Parr 

 islands and Regent inlet. {Arct. Man.) A rare autumn visito 

 along the whole Atlantic coast of Canada and Gulf of St. Law 

 rence. This bird is occasionally seen in company with the larg 

 gulls which spend a short time during the severity of the winte 

 around the west end of Lake Ontario. {Mcllwraith.) Great Slav 

 lake, very rare. {Ross.) Not uncommon in the Arctic seas an( 

 northern outlets of Hudson bay where it subsists on putrid fish ; i 

 goes south in winter reaching Hudson bay in May. {Richatdson. 

 Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay, 1845. (-^''- Gillespie, Jr. 

 Rather common on Hudson bay in the summer of 1899 but n 

 breeding place seen. {A. P. Low.) These birds were first observei 

 at Bonne bay, Newfoundland, in August, and from this poin 

 northward to lat. 71" they were common at nearly all pointi 

 and from Belle Isle to Hudson strait they were abundan 

 {Kumelin.) 



One specimen taken near Victoria, Vancouver islanc 

 October 22nd, 1898. {Kernwde.) A rare visitor on the Pribilc 

 islands. Mr. Elliott found one and Mr. C.H. Townsend anothe 

 During the summer of i8go two were seen on St. George islan 

 eating the carcases of fur-seals. {Palmer.) 



On the Pacific coast they reached the Yukon mouth. May I3t 

 and became more common until the last of the month ; abundar 

 at St. Lawrence island and everywhere in Bering strait ; ver 

 numerous along the Arctic coast on the borders of the ice pad 

 {Nelson.) Arrives at St. Michael by the first week in June ; it is 

 resident of the drier portions of the lowlands, usually solitary, bi 

 several may be seen together at one time in the neighbourhoo( 

 {Turner) A regular summer visitor at Point Barrow, but th 

 least common of the three species. {Murdoch.) 



