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about forty miles from Little Mecattina, and in early August noted 
twenty or thirty in Bradore Harbor during a heavy gale. Stearns 
records a specimen from near the mouth of the 'Esquimaux River, 
Palmer saw a few in the Straits of Belle Isle, and Kumlien found them 
abundant from this point to Hudson Strait. It is not unlikely that 
this and the following species will be found to breed in northern Lab¬ 
rador. 
Jaegers occur off shore in some numbers along the Labrador coast 
in summer. More often we found them in pairs or less frequently 
in small scattered groups of from four to seven or ten. The first 
birds seen on our trip were off Cape Harrison on July 19, 1906, and 
after that we noted them almost dailv until our return south to 
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Battle Harbor at the end of July. A number were in the black phase. 
W e saw none in the Straits of Belle Isle. 
The Jaegers were readily distinguished by their easy gull-like flight 
with frequently a short sail on set wings which curved sharply down. 
They were constantly chasing one another, as well as the gulls and 
even the shearwaters. 
Stercorarius parasiticus (Linn.). 
Parasitic Jaeger. 
Common summer visitor; perhaps breeds in northern part. 
This species occurs along the coast with the preceding in summer 
and like it, is not known to breed in Labrador. It appears to be less 
common, however, than the Pomarine Jaeger. We saw several 
birds whose smaller size seemed to indicate that they were parasiticus 
while on our way along the east coast, and Coues, Brewster, and 
Bigelow also mention it as observed by them off the southern and 
eastern shores. 
Stercorarius longicaudus Vieill. 
Long-tailed Jaeger. 
Rare summer resident. 
Off the Labrador coast this bird appears to be less common than 
the preceding two species in summer, but is known to breed in the 
northern part of the peninsula. Coues (’61) noted a few at sea on the 
south coast in July, and Brewster saw one July 20, 1881, near Min- 
