16 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LONGIPENNES. 



LARIDAE. 



R. I. Common migrant and uncommon winter resident. Aug. 

 5-May 22. 



Conn. Common migrant, mainly in fall. Aug. 1 Nov.; (win- 

 ter ?)-April 21. 



29. Xema sabinii (Sabine) Leach. 



Sabine's gull; Fork-tailed gull. 



Larus sabinii J. Sab., Trans. Linn. soc. London, 1818, vol. 12, 

 p. 520, pi. 29. "west coast of Greenland .... latitude 75 

 29' N., and longitude 60 9' W." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1844, vol. 7, p. 127, pi. 441. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 105, pi. 36, 

 fig. 8. _ 



Arctic seas and coasts; nests on the ground. 



Me. Accidental visitor: Brothers Id., near Portland, Sept. 22, 

 1899; Scarborough, May 31, 1877; (nee Calais, 1878). 



Mass. Accidental visitor: Boston Harbor, Sept. 27, 1874; 

 Cape Cod, 1888; North Truro, Aug. 21, 1889. 



R. I. Doubtfully recorded. 



30. Gelochelidon nilotica (Hasselquist) Stejneger. 



Gull-billed tern; Marsh tern. 



Sterna nilotica Hasselq., Reise nach Pal., deutsch. ausg., 1762, 

 p. 325. [Nile River, Egypt]. 



Sterna anglica Montagu. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 

 7, p. 81, pi. 430. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 99, pi. 31, figs. 6, 8. 



Seacoasts; nests on the ground. 



Me. Accidental visitor, several instances. March; May 21; 

 Sept. 



Mass. Accidental visitor: Ipswich, Sept. 1871. 

 R. I. Doubtfully recorded. 



