ARCTIC JAGER. 



Stercoraire parasite. Temm. man. (TOrn. 512. Id, 2 Edit. ii. 

 796. 



Young. — Larus crepidatus., Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 602. Lath. 



Ind. Om. 2. 819. 

 Catbaracta Cepphus. Raii Syn. 129. Brun. Orn. Bor. 126. 

 Stercorarius. Briss. Orn. 6. 150. 



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



pi 34. Buff. PL Eiil. 991 . Temm. man. d'Orn. 515. 

 Le Labbe a courte queue. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 520. 

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



ZooL 2. 460. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 387. Lath. Syn. Sup. 268. 



Lexv. Brit. Birds, 6. pi. 216. fTaZc. l.p/. 118. Mont. 



Orn. Diet. 1. 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 ; 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 



