. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . DIKECTOKY TO BIRDS OF EASTEKN NOKTH AMEKICA. 39. feathers, narrowed and pointed at tips, fig. 43; the sides ofhead and the nape are both Fig. 42. straw-yellow ; there are alsolight and dark phases withintermediate plumages as in1. Breeds in the northernparts of the northern hemi-sjjhere; migrates south inJuly, Aug. and Sep.; win-ters from N. J. to S. A. ,•goes north in May and earlyJune; very common, oftenseen from the land, fig. 42. 3. LOXG-TAILED JAEGER, P. loxgicaudus. Aboutthe size of 2, but differs in having the central tail feathers
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . DIKECTOKY TO BIRDS OF EASTEKN NOKTH AMEKICA. 39. feathers, narrowed and pointed at tips, fig. 43; the sides ofhead and the nape are both Fig. 42. straw-yellow ; there are alsolight and dark phases withintermediate plumages as in1. Breeds in the northernparts of the northern hemi-sjjhere; migrates south inJuly, Aug. and Sep.; win-ters from N. J. to S. A. ,•goes north in May and earlyJune; very common, oftenseen from the land, fig. 42. 3. LOXG-TAILED JAEGER, P. loxgicaudus. Aboutthe size of 2, but differs in having the central tail feathers much longer, fig. 44, projecting inadults to , in being lighteron the back, in having the tarsus blu-ish and feet black, not both black asin 1 and 2. In the young, when thetail feathers are short and much as in2, the best distinguishing character isthe color of the shafts of the primari-es, the three outer of which only arewhite (not all as in 2) and these be-come dusky at the tips. Breeds in theArctic Regions, migrating southwardin Aug.; northVard in May; exactF, A, b, 2 & 3. 1-2 w
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