94 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



G9. Sterna forsteri NUTT. 



Forster's Tern. 



Sterna forstert NUTT. Man. II. 1834, 274. 



[B 691, 686, C 566, R 685, C 798.] 



HAB. North America generally, breeding from Manitoba south- 

 ward to Virginia, Illinois, Texas, and California ; in winter southward 

 to Brazil. 



70. Sterna hirundo LINN. 



Common Tern. 



Sterna hirundo LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 137. 

 [B 689, C 565, R 686, C 797.] 







HAB. Greater part of the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. In 

 North America chiefly confined to the Eastern Province, breeding 

 from the Arctic coast, somewhat irregularly, to Florida and Texas, and 

 wintering northward to Virginia. Apparently not occurring in the 

 Pacific. 



71. Sterna paradissea BRUNN. 



Arctic Tern. 



Sterna paradiscea BRUNN. Orn. Bor. 1764, 46. 



[B 690, 693, C 567, 568, R 687, C 799.] 



HAB. Northern Hemisphere ; in North America breeding from 

 Massachusetts to the Arctic regions, and wintering southward to Vir- 

 ginia and California. 



72. Sterna dougalli MONTAG. 



Roseate Tern. 



Sterna dougalli MONTAG. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 1813,. 

 [B 692, C 569, R 688, C 800.] 



HAB. Temperate and tropical regions ; north on the Atlantic coast 

 of North America to Massachusetts, and casually to Maine. 



73. Sterna aleutica BAIRD. 



Aleutian Tern. 



Sterna alcuiica BAIRD, Tr. Chicago Ac. Nat. Sci. I. 1869, 321, 

 pi. 31, fig. i. 



