Plate CCLXXII. Male and Young.
Male with the bill greyish-black, tinged with blue above; feet black;
tail-feathers of moderate length, except the middle two, which extend
about three inches beyond the rest, and taper to a point; plumage
sooty-brown; the upper part of the head, primary quills, and tail
darker; cheeks and sides of neck dull yellow; fore part of neck and
breast white. Female similar, but without white on the neck and
breast, those parts being merely of a lighter brown. Young, when
fledged, with the bill light blue, dusky at the end; tarsi and basal
portion of the toes and webs light blue, the rest black; general
colour of the plumage sooty-brown, lighter on the neck and lower
parts, feathers of the back and wings all marginally tipped with
whitish; breast, sides, lower wing-coverts, abdomen, and lower
tail-coverts, undulatingly barred with pale greyish-yellow.
_Male_, 18-1/2, 40. _Young_, in September, 15-1/2; wing, 11-1/2.
Coast of Massachusetts and Maine, during winter. Breeds in the
northern barren grounds, away from the coast.
Lestris Richardsonii, Richardson's Jager, Swains. & Rich. F.
Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 433.
Richardson's Jager, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 319.
Richardson's Jager, Lestris Richardsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
v. p. 503.