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Rj{i x nick's Mukre —(Una lomvia). 
Upper parts, wings and tail sooty black, foreneck somewhat browner; tips 
of secondaries, breast and belly white; base of the upper mandible greenish, 
round outward beyond the edge of the lower mandible. 
Breeds from St. Lawrence north. Winters south on Jersey coast. 
Razor-billed Auk —(Alca torda). 
A short, high, thin-billed auk, with the upper parts generally sooty-black and 
the lower parts white. The black bill is crossed by a white band. There is a 
white line from the bill to the eye and a line is formed on the wings by the 
white tips of the secondaries. 
Breeds in northern United States, northward. Winters south in New Jersey. 
Povekie; Little Anil; Sea Dove — (Alls alle). 
A small, short-billed, sooty-black, white-bellied bird, with tips to the sec¬ 
ondaries and some white streaks on the shoulders. It swims witli grace ami 
ease, and dives, like all the order, with great expertness. 
Breeds in Arctic regions. Winters south in New Jersey. 
FAMILY STERCORAR LIDiE.—THE JAEGERS. 
Only two species found in New Jersey, coming from the north. 
Bo marine Jaeger— (Stercorarius pomarinus). 
In usual or light phase, a large jseger with cap, wings, back and tail blackish- 
brown, back of neck yellow, and the lower parts white, with many streaks 
and bars of brown, especially on the breast and sides. 
Breeds in Arctic regions, coining south on coast of New Jersey. 
Parasitic Jaeger —(Stercorarius parasiticus). 
A smaller bird, but similar in coloring to the last, with the brown of the 
back not so blackish. It occurs in a light and a dark phase. 
Breeds in Arctic regions. Winters southward to New Jersey. 
FAMILY LARIILE.—GULLS AND TERNS. 
Eighteen species are found in New Jersey. The regular ones 
are black-headed gull, common tern and least tern, all of which 
were abundant breeders. 
I he herring-gull, ring-billed gull, Bonaparte’s gull, Forster’s 
tern and black tern. The first two are winter visitants. 
