AYES. 21 



LONGIPENNES. 



LARIDAE. 



Sterna fuliginosa Lath. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 90, pi. 432. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 104, pi. 30, fig. 4-6. 

 Seacoasts; nests on sandy shores. 



Me. Accidental visitor: Parknian, Oct. 5, 1878. 



N. H. Accidental visitor: Newmarket, about Sept. 14, 1878; 

 (nee Lake Winnepesaukee). 



Vt. Accidental visitor: Lake Champlain, early Sept. 1876; 

 Rutland, 1876. 



Mass. Accidental visitor: Chatham, Sept. 1S77; Lawrence, 

 Oct. 29, 1876; Williamstown, Sept. 1876. 



R. I. Accidental visitor: (?) Newport, 1877; Point Judith, 

 Sept. 1876; Woonsocket, July 16, 1897. 



Coxx. Accidental visitor. Sept. 



40. Hydrochelidon xigra surinamensis (Gmelin) Stejneger. 



Black tern. 



Sterna surinamensis Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 604. 

 "Surinam." 



Sterna nigra Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 116, pi. 438. 



Fresh and salt water; nests in fresh marshes. 



Me. Rare fall migrant. Aug. 14-28. 



N. H. Uncommon migrant, mainly coastwise. June 10; 

 Aug. 24-Sept. 30. 



Vt. Rare migrant: Lake Bomoseen, June 6, 1883. 



Mass. Rare spring and uncommon early fall migrant. June 

 7-10; (July 11) Aug. 8-Sept. 26. 



R. I. Uncommon migrant, mainly in fall, coastwise. Spring; 

 July 30-Sept. IS. 



Coxx. Uncommon migrant coastwise, mainly in fall. Aug. 24. 



