ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
THE GULLS AND THEIR ALLIES
The Jaegers
(Stercorarius), of which three species are known, have practically the same habits as their larger relatives, obtaining their main subsistence by compelling the Terns and smaller Gulls to disgorge their recently captured fish, although they are not averse to carrion, and will even feed on berries such as those of the crow-berry (Empetrum).
They nest in colonies and lay two, three, or rarely four, olive or brownish, deeply spotted eggs. Often the nesting sites are in the vicinity of fresh water, as one species, the Pomarine Jaeger (S. pomari-nus), is more of an inland bird, feeding largely upon field mice and lemmings.
The Jaegers are all found in the northern portions of the Northern Hemisphere, breeding mainly within the Arctic Circle, but during the remainder of the year they are widely scattered over the globe.
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