. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. SiSi-S. POMARINE JAP:GER. Stercorarius po^rARINUs. Char. Light phase: Top of head and upper parts sooty brown or dusky; neck and under parts white, the neck tinged with yellow. Dark phase : Entirely dark sooty brown or slaty black; the two middle tail- feathers project beyond the other and are twisted. Bill dark gray, tipped with black ; legs
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. SiSi-S. POMARINE JAP:GER. Stercorarius po^rARINUs. Char. Light phase: Top of head and upper parts sooty brown or dusky; neck and under parts white, the neck tinged with yellow. Dark phase : Entirely dark sooty brown or slaty black; the two middle tail- feathers project beyond the other and are twisted. Bill dark gray, tipped with black ; legs and feet black. Length about 21 inches. Some naturalists think the dark phase assumed by this genus is merely melanistic; but numerous examples are met with that combine variations of the two, these " pied " forms being in the majority rather than excep- tional. Young birds are more or less mottled with buff. Nest. On a dry knoll of a moorland marsh or tundra, sometimes on a rock,—a mere hollow stamped in the moss. Ei::gs. 2; pale to dark olive, tinged with russet and boldly marked with brown ; average size X 1-65. VOL. 11. — 17 *:(. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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