. Bird lore . #%%.• PARASITIC JAEGER Notes on the Autumn Migration of theParasitic Jaeger During an Atlantic cruise in the NewBedford whaling brig Daisy I made thefollowing notes concerning Jaegers {Ster-corarius parasiticus), on their autumn mi-gration. September 23, 1912, latitude 12° 46 N.,longitude 25° 05 W. (about 100 milessouth of the Cape Verde Islands). TwoJaegers seen, of which one was collected. The specimen is a male of the dark phase,and in fresh plumage. September 27, 1912, latitude 10° 46 N.,longitude 24° 38 W. Calm, with heavyground-swell. One Jaeger seen and col-lected, a unifo
. Bird lore . #%%.• PARASITIC JAEGER Notes on the Autumn Migration of theParasitic Jaeger During an Atlantic cruise in the NewBedford whaling brig Daisy I made thefollowing notes concerning Jaegers {Ster-corarius parasiticus), on their autumn mi-gration. September 23, 1912, latitude 12° 46 N.,longitude 25° 05 W. (about 100 milessouth of the Cape Verde Islands). TwoJaegers seen, of which one was collected. The specimen is a male of the dark phase,and in fresh plumage. September 27, 1912, latitude 10° 46 N.,longitude 24° 38 W. Calm, with heavyground-swell. One Jaeger seen and col-lected, a uniformly dark female, fullyadult, with slightly worn central rec-trices. October 3, 1912, latitude 6° 46 N.,longitude 24° 35 W. Two Jaegers of thedark phase seen together. October 20, 1912, latitude 10° 21 S.,longitude 34° 04 W. (off the coast of south-ern Pernambuco). Three Jaegers werenoted. A pair of them tagged after theDaisy from nine oclock in the morninguntil four in the afternoon. One was ofthe d
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