LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS. Order II. LONGIPENNES 
SKUA AND JAEGERS. Family STERCORARIIDAE 
Skuas and Jaegers are birds having a Gull or Tern-like form and with a hook- 
ed bill, the base of which is covered with a scaly shield. They have webbed 
feet and are able to swim and dive, but they commonly get their living by 
preying upon the Gulls and Terns, overtaking them by their superior speed 
and by their strength and ferocity forcing them to relinquish their food. The 
Jaegers especially are one of the swiftest and most graceful birds that fly. 
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