. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. â NORTH AMERICAN DIRDS. 25 The Skua Gull may well be called the feathered pirate of the seas. It does not congregate in flocks; two or more pairs are seldoni seen together. It is noted for its courage and daring, attacking and harassing gulls, forcing them to disgorge the fish â which they have swallowed. In the Island of Unst, and also Foula, the most north- em ones of the Shetland group, it is found breeding. The bird was given a place in the fauna of North America on the ground of its occasional occurrence along the southern coast of G
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. â NORTH AMERICAN DIRDS. 25 The Skua Gull may well be called the feathered pirate of the seas. It does not congregate in flocks; two or more pairs are seldoni seen together. It is noted for its courage and daring, attacking and harassing gulls, forcing them to disgorge the fish â which they have swallowed. In the Island of Unst, and also Foula, the most north- em ones of the Shetland group, it is found breeding. The bird was given a place in the fauna of North America on the ground of its occasional occurrence along the southern coast of Greenland, where its eggs are said to have been taken. In Iceland this Species builds its nest on the hillsides in the latter part of June. The nest is simply a shallow cavity in the long grass, lined tfith grkss stems and moss. The eggs are two in number, with an olive-green or drab ground-color, marked by irregu- lar dark olive-brown and chocolate-colored blotches; they measure from to in length, by to in breadth. 36. FOIVCABINE JAEGEK. Stercorarius pomwrirms (Temm.) Geog. Dist.â Seas and inland waters of northern portions of Northern Hemisphere, south to Africa and Australia, and probably South America. Not known to occur in winter on the Atlantic coast of North America north of Long Island. Another of the falcon-like sea fowls, commonly called Gull Hunter by the fisher- men. Resident throughout the summer in high northern regions, chiefly within the Arctic Circle. Mr. Nelson states that they are abundant off the Tukon mouth in spring, but at all seasons they are rare near Saint Michael'^. During the cruise of the Cor- win he found them abundant about Saint Lawrence Island and everywhere in Bering Strait. In winter it is a great wanderer, and is known to oc- cur on the Great Lakes, and as far as the above habitat indi- cates. The bird is said tb live chiefly by plundering the Kit- tiwake Gull; but will attack other species, even the largest. Nelson says
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