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37. Parasitic Jaeger. 



Stercor'arius parasiticus (Linn.) Schaff. 1789. 



Breeds in both inspectorate's of Greenland, but more commonly 

 in the southern ; also on the west coast of Davis strait and in the 

 Polar sea. (Arct. Man.) Along the Atlantic coast, in spring and 

 in autumn, as far south as Grand Manan. {Herrick!) Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence. {Dionne) A single specimen was seen July 20th, 

 18 — , near Mingan harbour. {Brewster.) South to Fort Simpson' 

 lat.62"30'; rare. {Ross) Not uncommon on the Barren Grounds 

 and at Franklin bay. Nests occasionally procured in these locali- 

 ties. {Macfarlane .) This species inhabits the Arctic sea coast of 

 America. Numerous specimens were taken on Melville peninsula 

 and North Georgian islands, as well as in Baffin bay. Specimens 

 were also taken on the Barren Grounds and at Fort Franklin, lat. 

 65" 15' N. {Richardson.) Several seen on the west coast of 

 James bay, May, 1903. {Spreadborougk.) Common about Roes 

 Welcome, where it despoils arctic terns, and seen occasionally in 

 -the waters to the northward. {A. P. Low.) The stomach contents 

 of this and the next species (taken in Hudson bay) were bones 

 and feathers. {A. Halkett.) A specimen of the melanistic form 

 taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay, 1845. {^^- Gillespie, Jr.) 

 Occasional spring and autumn visitor to the Great Lakes. (/. H. 

 Fleming.') This bird occurs about the entire coast line of Bering 

 sea, but is most numerous along the low marshy coast of Norton 

 sound and thence south to the Kuskoquim river. Its breeding 

 range covers the entire region from the Aleutian islands north to 

 the extreme part of the mainland. (Nelson.) A frequent visitor 

 to the Aleutian islands, and tolerably common at St. Michael. 

 {Turner.) Not common at Point Barrow ; none breed. {Murdoch.) 

 This species has the same general distribution as the pomarine 

 jaeger, but is not so common. {Kumelin.) One specimen taken 

 at Victoria, B.C., by Mr.W. L. Gilchrist, Nov., 1897. Anotherwas 

 taken at Comox by Mr. A. C. Brooks, Sept. 12th, 1903. {Kermode.) 

 Several seen at Homer, Cook inlet, Alaska. Aug. 22nd, 1899. 

 {Osgood.) Casual (on the Pribilof islands). Elliott saw but 

 four or five examples. He found half-digested berries of Empetrum 

 in their stomachs. {Palmer.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have a clutch of two eggs that were taken 

 at Skonntzaz, Greenland, on June nth, 1890. {Raine.) 



