. The water birds of North America . Philad. 1863, 125 ; B. N. W. 1S74, 604. Stercorarius [Buphagus) skua, Coues, Key, 1872, 309. Stercorarius skua, Coues, Check List, 1S73, no. 539 ; ed. 2, 1SS2, no. 764. Megalestris skua, Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 696. Larus catarractes, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 226. Lestris catarractes, Illig. Prodr. 1811, 272. — Nutt. Man. II. 1S34, 312. Stercorarius catarractes, Bonap. Consp. II. 1S56, 206. — Lawr. in Bands B. NT. Am. 1858, S3S. — Baiud, Cat. N. Am. B. 1S59, no. 652. —Elliot, Illustr. B. Am. II. pi. 56. — Saunders, P. Z. S. 1S56, , Le
. The water birds of North America . Philad. 1863, 125 ; B. N. W. 1S74, 604. Stercorarius [Buphagus) skua, Coues, Key, 1872, 309. Stercorarius skua, Coues, Check List, 1S73, no. 539 ; ed. 2, 1SS2, no. 764. Megalestris skua, Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 696. Larus catarractes, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 226. Lestris catarractes, Illig. Prodr. 1811, 272. — Nutt. Man. II. 1S34, 312. Stercorarius catarractes, Bonap. Consp. II. 1S56, 206. — Lawr. in Bands B. NT. Am. 1858, S3S. — Baiud, Cat. N. Am. B. 1S59, no. 652. —Elliot, Illustr. B. Am. II. pi. 56. — Saunders, P. Z. S. 1S56, , Leacu, Syst. Cat. 1S16, 40. STERCORARIID-E — THE SKUAS AND JAEGERS — MEGALESTRIS. 329 Hab. Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic, chiefly northward. In America, south tocoast of New England (.Massachusetts ■ spec, in U. S. Nat. Mus.). Sp. Char. Adult: Prevailing color dull brownish, the interscapulars, scapulars, and wing-coverts striped centrally with pale cinnamon; feathers of the head and neck marked with narrow. mesial streaks of the same ; lower parts mixed reddish cinnamon and grayish brown, in ill-definedstripes laterally, but nearly uniform on the breast and abdomen. Remiges, primary coverts, andalulae brownish dusky, the former white basally ; this white concealed on the secondaries, but funn-ing an extensive exposed patch on the primaries. Tail uniform dusky brown. Bill dusky ; irisbrown; legs and feet black. Youmj: Head, neck, and lower parts uniform grayish brown, thelower surface tinged with cinnamon ; up-per parts darker grayish brown, lightest on the back and lesser wing-coverts, where _ -,-~~ - ~> - very indistinctly spotted with rusty cin-namon. Bill and feet brownish. Wing, inches (average,) ; culmen, ; depth of billthrough base, .80 ; tarsus, (); middle toe, ,45 ().(Three specimens.) Having six specimens before us forcomparison, we find the Antarctic repre-sentative x of this species to be easi
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