OF ILLINOIS BIRDS 



JAEGERS. 



Pomarine Jaeger. 



Rare straggler to 111. Met 

 with by Nelson near Chi- 

 cago. 



However, in addition to 

 the foregoing, what may be 

 regarded as an unquestion- 

 ably good record of this 

 bird, considering the care- 

 fully detailed description 

 and the amount of time de- 

 voted to its study — the bet- -^ 

 er part of a day — ^was made 

 by Lewis and Watson at 

 Lincoln Park, Chicago, on 

 Oct. 16, 1931. The speci- 

 men was in the dark or 

 sooty plumage, the mela- 

 notic phase, largely diag- 

 nostic, if not characteristic 

 of this bird, as compared 

 with the following, the 

 Long-tailed Jaeger. 



Long-tailed Jaeger. 



The above remark also ap- 

 plies to some extent here, 

 though it probably is more 

 numerous than the preced- 

 ing. Recorded by Ridgway 

 from near Cairo. 

 Positive records have been 

 made by Woodruff for the 

 adjoining states of Wis. and 

 Ind., and Stoddard also has 

 recorded it from N. W. In- 

 diana. Doubtless occurs 

 quite regularly at the south- 

 ern-end of Lake Michigan, 

 if not actually within our 

 borders. 



GULLS AND TERNS. 



Kittiwake Gull. 



Rare straggler. Lake Mich- 

 igan and Illinois River rec- 

 ords are given by Wood- 

 ruff. Also included in his 

 list of N. E. 111. Birds, by 

 Nelson. 



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