AVI-S. 17 



LO.\r,II'KX\ES. 



LARIDAE. 



31. Stkrna CASPiA Pallas. 



Caspian tern; Squawker. 



Pallas. Nov. comm. pctrop., 1770, vol. 14. j)i. 1. p. 582. pi. 22, 

 fig. 2. "mark caspil.m kt circa ostum Iaici." DrcssiT, Birds 

 of EiirojH'. 1S71-81. vol. 8. pi. [584]. Egg, Se.'bohin, 18!)0. p. 100, 

 pi. 31, fig. 2. 



Sterna tschrgrava Lepccli. Chapman, Ilaiidl). birds east. No. 

 Aincr., 180.5, p. 79. fig. 01, a. 



Scac'oasts and lakes; nests on the ground. 



Mk. — Rare migrant. May 11; .Vug.-Sept. (Get. 16). 

 X. II. — Hare migrant: Hampton, 1899. 



Ma.s.s. — Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. Early May; 

 Aug. 8-Si-pt. 20. 



H.I. — Rare migrant. May 10; July 27-Oet. 



32. .*^ti:k\a maxima Hoddaeri. 



Royal tern; Cayenne tern. 



Bodd., Tabl. d. planch, enluni. d'hist. nat., 1783, p. 58. Based 

 on Butlun: "Caykxn'e." Chapman. Ilandb. birds east. Xo. 

 Amer., 1895, p. 79, fig. 01, h. 



Sterna cai/ana Lath, .\udnboii. Birds of Amer.. 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 70. pi. 421». 



Seacoasts anil lagoons; nests on the ground. 



Mas.s. — Accidental visitor: Chatham, July 29, 1889; Ipswich, 

 •Inly 17, 1904; Xantuckct, -luly 1, 1874. 



33. Stkrxa saxdvicp:\.si.s acuflavida (Cabot) Ridgway. 



Cabot's tern. 



Sterna acuflavida Cabot, Proc. Boston soe. nat. hist., 1847, vol. 

 2, ]). 257. "Tancah, ox the Coa.st of Yucatan." 



