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ZOOLOGY BIRDS. 



STERNA FORSTERI, Nutt, 

 Havell's Tern. 



Sterna forsteri, NUTT., Man., ii, 1834, 274 (foot-note; based on 8. hirundo, SWAINS. & 

 RICH.). LAWR., Birds N. A., 1828, 862. COUES, Proc. Aoad. Nat. Sei. 

 Phila., 18C6, 99 (Arizona). Id., Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 321. Snow, Birds 

 Kan., 1872, 16. YARROW & EENSIIAW, Rep. Oru. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's 

 Esped., 1874, 33. COUES, Birds Northwest, 1874, 676. 



This tern was quite common at Utah Lake in the summer, where it 

 breeds along the shores. This is the only locality from which it has been 

 reported by our parties ; yet, as is well known, its distribution in the Inte- 

 rior Region is general, and its presence is to be expected on all the lakes 

 and large streams in summer. 



STERNA HIRUNDO, Linn. 

 Common Tern. 



Sterna hirundo, LINN., Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 227. HEERM., P. R. R. Rep., x, pt. ii, 1859, 

 73. COUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 320. Id., Check-List, No. 565. HEN- 

 SHAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 147. COUES, Birds 

 Northwest, 1874, 680. 



titerna wilsoni, LAWR., Birds N. A., 1858, 861. HENRY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1859, 109 (Rio Grande, New Mexico). SNOW, Birds Kau., 1872, 12 (Kan- 

 sas, rare). 



A single specimen was shot on the San Pedro River, Arizona, in Sep- 

 tember. The river at this point was but a small stream, perhaps twenty 

 feet across, and the bird was flying slowly up this, closely scanning the 

 water for fish. 



Given in Dr. Henry's list of New Mexican Birds as common on the 

 Rio Gi'ande. 



