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besides eats eggs of other birds, especially of eiders and geese. 
If the eggs are left but for a few moments unprotected in the 
nest, it is immediately to the front and shows itself so voracious 
that it is not afraid to attack nests from which the hatching 
A. THE COMMON SKUA. B. BUFFON’S SKUA. 
Swedish, Labben. (Lestris parasitica, L.) Swedish, Fjellabben. (Lestris Buffonii, Boie.) 
C. THE POMARINE SKUA. 
Swedish, Bredstjertade Labben. (Lestris pomarina, Tern.) 
birds have been frightened away by men engaged in gathering 
eggs only a few yards off. With incredible dexterity it pecks 
a hole in the eggs and sucks their contents. If speed is 
necessary, this takes place so quickly and out of so many eggs 
