18 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LONGIPENNES. 



LARIDAE. 



Sterna cantiaca Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amcr., 1S44, vol. 7. 

 p. 87, pi. 431. 



Seacoasts; nests on the ground. 



M.\ss. — Accidental Aisitor: Chatham, Aug., 1865; Monomoy 

 Id., Oct. 2, 1888. 



34. Sterxa forsteri Xuttall. 



Forster's tem. 



Nuti., Manual ornith. U. S. and Canada, 1834, vol. 2, p. 274. 

 Based onForster: " Churchill River," Hudsox Bay. Saunders, 

 Cat. birds British mus., 1896, vol. 25, p. 47. 



Sterna havellii Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 103, 

 pi. 434. 



Marshes and sea coasts ; nests in grassy marshes. 



Mass. — Rare fall migrant. Aug.-Oct. 2. 



35. Sterna hirl-xdo Linne. 



Common tern; Mackerel gull; Medrake or Medrick; Red- 

 shank; Sea swallow; Summer gull; Wilson's tem. 



■ Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 137. "Europa." Chap- 

 man, Handb. birds east. Xo. Amer., 1895, p. 81, fig. 61, c; Audu- 

 bon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 97, pi. 433. Egg, Ca})en, 

 1886, pi. 23, figs. 4, 5. 



Seacoasts; nests on sandy or pebbly shores. 



Me.— Abundant summer resident coastwise. May 3-Sept. 2 

 Gate Sept.). Eggs, late May-Aug. 19. 



N. H. — Common migrant coastwise, casual inland; formerly 

 summer resident at Isles of Shoals. ^lay; Aug.-Sept. 



Vt. — Rare \isitor: Bennington, May 30, 1907; St. Albans. 



