Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Range (Coast and islands of the North)

"Coast and islands of the North Atlantic, chiefly northward. South to Spain and Massachusetts. Apparently rare off the coast of North America" (A. O. U.).

Long Island, A. V., one record.

Nest, on rocky cliffs. Eggs, two, pale olive-brown or greenish gray spotted with chocolate, 2.80 × 1.90. 36. Stercorarius pomarinus (Temm.). POMARINE JAEGER. Ad., light phase. Very similar in color to corresponding phase of S. parasiticus, but with the upper parts darker, nearly black. Ad., dark phase and Im.- Similar in color to corresponding stages of S. parasiticus. L., 22.00; W., 13.50; T., Ad., 8.00, Im., 5.40; Tar., 2.00; B., 1.55.

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