ARCTIC JAGER. 



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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 Cepphus.) 



St. supra niger, collo pectore abdomineque alhis ; vel, liiteo 



Juscoque mrius, subtus pallidior, macida alaj'um alba; jun. 

 Jager above blacky 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. *f 

 Catharacta parasitica. Brun. Arn^, Bor. 127, 128. 

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



PI. Enl. 762. 

 Strundt-jager. Rail Syn. 127. 

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



Arctic Gull. Pe}in. Brit. Zool. 2. 245. pi. 87. Pejtn. Arct. 

 Zool. 2. 459. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 389. pi 99. Le>vo. Brit. 

 Birds, 6. pi. 207. Wale. Syn. \ . pL 116. Mont. Orn. Diet. 

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

 267. l^ath. Gen. Hist. x. 164. 



