. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 452 STBECOEAEIID^ STEECOBARIUS 775. Stercorarius Southern Skua. Lestris antarotica, Lesson, Traite, p. 616 (1831); Fleck, Joum. Ornith. 1894, p. 379. Lestris ca^arrhactes {nee Linn.) Layard, Ibis, 1867, p. 459. Stercorarius catarrhaotes, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 866 (1867); id. Ibis, 1869, p. 77. Stercorarius antarcticus, Saunders, P. Z. 8. 1876, p. 321; Sharpe and Eaton, Phil. Trans, vol. 168, p. 109, pi. vii, fig. 1 (1879); id. ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. p. 696 (1884); Swinburne, P. B. Pliys. Soc. Edin. ix, p. 200 (1886); Green, Ocean Bds. p. 87 (1
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 452 STBECOEAEIID^ STEECOBARIUS 775. Stercorarius Southern Skua. Lestris antarotica, Lesson, Traite, p. 616 (1831); Fleck, Joum. Ornith. 1894, p. 379. Lestris ca^arrhactes {nee Linn.) Layard, Ibis, 1867, p. 459. Stercorarius catarrhaotes, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 866 (1867); id. Ibis, 1869, p. 77. Stercorarius antarcticus, Saunders, P. Z. 8. 1876, p. 321; Sharpe and Eaton, Phil. Trans, vol. 168, p. 109, pi. vii, fig. 1 (1879); id. ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. p. 696 (1884); Swinburne, P. B. Pliys. Soc. Edin. ix, p. 200 (1886); Green, Ocean Bds. p. 87 (1887); Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 165 (1896); Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 38 (1900). Megalestris antarctica, Saunders, Cat. B. M. xxv, p. 319 (1896). " Cape Hawk" or " Sea Hen" of sailors, " Cape Egmont Hen " of the Falkland Pig. 141.—Head of Stercorarius antarcticus. x ^ Description. Adult Female.—General colour above and below brown, paler round the neck and of a more earthy shade below; neck, mantle and scapulars with paler and more rufous shaft markings to the feathers; primaries with the shafts and basal halves white, forming a conspicuous band when the bird is flying. Iris light brown; bill and legs black. Length (in flesh) 235; wing 16'25; tail 6'5; culmen 1'5; tarsus 2-95; middle toe and claw 3'10. The sexes are alike ; the young birds have a tinge of rufous on the lower surface. Distribution.—The Southern Skua ranges over the southern portion of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans from the Falkland Islands to New Zealand, extending northwards to Norfolk Island and to Madagascar. It is known to breed on the Falklands,. 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 Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-19
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