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FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



Coastal Breeding Birds — Continued 



**Snowy Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus. — Resident in 

 small numbers from Cuba counterclockwise to Missis- 

 sippi and in Texas; winter visitant in Louisiana; in 

 general most common in migration when also recorded 

 in Yucatin. 



***Wilson Plover, Charadrius wilsonia. — Common sum- 

 mer resident from Cuba counterclockwise at least to 

 Texas, breeding also in Veracruz; visitant to Yucatdn. 



**Azara Plover, Charadrius collaris. — Fairly common 

 summer resident in Veracruz, recorded also in Tabasco. 



**Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus. — Fairly com- 

 mon breeder in Texas; abundant there in winter, when 

 also fairly common from Louisiana to Yucatdn; rare 

 winter visitant east to Florida and Cuba. 



***Willet, Catoplrophorus semipalmatus. — Breeds from 

 Florida counterclockwise to Tamaulipas; common (sum- 

 mer) to fairly common (winter) resident where it breeds ; 

 visitant to Veracruz, Yucatdn, and Cuba. 



**Avocet, Recurvirostra americana. — Rare breeder and 

 winter resident, common transient, in Texas; occurring 

 at least as rare to uncommon visitant from Cuba coun- 

 terclockwise to Veracruz. 



**Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus. — Locally 

 common summer resident in Cuba and Florida peninsula 

 and from Louisiana to Yucatdn ; rare from November to 

 February in Louisiana and Texas. 



***Laughing Gull, Larus alricilla. — Common summer res- 

 ident on all coasts but not actually found nesting from 

 Tamaulipas to Tabasco; somewhat less common in 

 winter, at least in United States and Cuba. 



***Gull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon nilolica. — Breeds from 

 northwest Florida to Texas; fairly common in breeding 

 range from March to September, rarer in other months ; 

 visitant to Cuba and Veracruz. 



**Forster Tern, Sterna forsteri. — Breeds in Louisiana and 

 Texas and most numerous there from March to Decem- 

 ber; visitant as far as Florida and Veracruz. 



♦♦♦Common Tern, Sterna hirundo. — Known to breed only 

 on Dry Tortugas but visitant throughout in fall, winter, 

 and spring. 



♦♦♦Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii. — Nests irregularly on 

 the Dry Tortugas (none to 200 pairs) ; an extremely 

 rare visitant around the coast to Texas and a rare 

 visitant to Cuba; recorded from January to May and in 

 July, September, and November. 



♦♦Least Tern, Sterna antillarum. — Breeds from Yucatdn 

 counterclockwise to Texas; common only from April to 

 October. 



***Royal Tern, Thalasseus maximus. — Common through- 

 out, but not now known to nest from Florida to Mis- 

 sissippi or from Tamaulipas to Campeche. 



♦**Cabot Tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis. — Fairly common 

 at some season on virtually all coasts, but not now 

 known to breed from Cuba to Mississippi or from 

 Tamaulipas to Campeche; rare in winter on northern 

 Gulf coast and in southern Texas, uncommon in penin- 

 sular Florida in summer. 



♦♦Caspian Tern, Hydroprogne caspia. — Common breeder 

 and resident in Louisiana and Texas; visitant as far as 

 Cuba and Yucatdn. 



♦♦♦Black Skimmer, Rynchops nigra. — Breeder and resident 

 in varying numbers from Florida counterclockwise to 

 Yucatdn; less common in winter on northern coast; 

 casual in Cuba. 



♦♦Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus minor. — Breeds from 

 Tamaulipas counterclockwise to southern Florida; 

 uncommon summer resident in Florida, March to 

 September; resident, but possibly not characteristic of 

 coast, elsewhere. 



♦♦♦Gray Kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis. — Summer 

 resident from Cuba to southern Florida (where common) 

 to Alabama (one record), mainly from April to Sep- 

 tember but unrecorded only in November. 



♦♦Long-billed Marsh Wren, Telmatodytes paluslris. — 

 Abundant to locally uncommon resident from Florida 

 west to Texas, occurring south in winter at least to 

 Veracruz. 



♦♦Mangrove Swallow, Iridoprocne albilinea. — Resident 

 from southern Tamaulipas to Yucatdn. 



♦♦♦Black-whiskered Vireo, Vireo calidris. — Summer resi- 

 dent from Cuba to Anclote Key, Florida, mainly from 

 April to September but also recorded in March and 

 October. 



♦♦♦Mangrove Warbler, Dendroica petechia. — Coastal races 

 from Tamaulipas counterclockwise to Florida Keys; 

 seasonal status uncertain. 



♦♦Red Wing, Agelaius phoeniceus. — Common resident 

 throughout, abundant in winter. 



♦♦Boat-tailed Grackle, Cassidix mexicanus. — Abundant 

 resident from Florida to Yucatdn. 



♦♦♦Seaside Sparrow, Ammospiza maritima. — Locally 

 abundant resident from Florida west to Texas. 



♦♦♦Cape Sable Sparrow, Ammospiza mirabilis. — Presumed 

 to be resident at Cape Sable (at least formerly) and in 

 Collier County, Florida, but definitely recorded only in 

 February, April, and May. 



REGULAR VISITANTS ON THE COAST 



♦♦Common Loon, Gavia immer. — Florida west to Texas in 

 moderate to large numbers, mainly from October to 

 May. 



♦♦Horned Grebe, Colymbus auritus. — Florida (cpnimon in 

 the northern part) to Texas (where uncommon) J mainly 

 November to April, but unrecorded only fron) June to 

 September. 



♦♦Eared Grebe, Colymbus nigricollis. — Rare to not uncom- 

 mon from Texas south to Veracruz, October to April and 

 occasionally May; unrecorded from June to September. 



♦♦Canada Goose, Branta canadensis. — Florida counter- 

 clockwise to Veracruz; common in United States part 

 of range (except peninsular Florida) ; mainly Octo- 

 ber to March, but unrecorded only in August. 



