History Society for 190G and 1907, also published in the Bulle- 

 tin/ 



Since the Museum began its survey Mr. Wayne has embodied 

 his work of the past twenty-five years in a book on the orni- 

 thology of the state, which will soon be published by the Mus- 

 eum. For this reason none of his records are given in this 

 paper unless reported by him to the Museum. 



1. Horned Grebe. — w.v.- Oct. 26-Apr. 4. Found in both 

 fresh and salt water, but far commoner in the latter. City; Col- 

 onial Lake. 



2. Pied=billed Grebe. — p. r.^ Rather rare. Found oftener in 

 fresh than in salt water. 



3. Great Northern Diver; Loon. — w.v. Oct. 19-Apr. 3. A not 

 uncommon bird of the harbor and rivers. Citt/; twice seen fly- 

 ing over. 



4. Red=throated Diver. — w.v. Irregular. The only record is 

 an immature specimen, shot from South Battery, Nov. 21, 1908, 

 by Mr. Samuel Lapham, Jr. ■* 



5. Herring Gull.— w.v. ) On account of the difficulty of dis- 



6. Ring=billed Gull. — av.v. ) tinguishing these two species no 

 reliable migration records have been made. Both are abundant 

 on the harbor and around the wharves. 



7. Laughing Gull. — w. v. Late Sept.-mid-Apr. Abundant 

 over harbor and around the wharves. 



S. Bonaparte's Gull. — av.v. Nov. 29-Apr. 30. Abundant over 

 harbor and around the wharves. 



9. Caspian Tern. — [p. n.] ) Rather rare. The two species can 



10. Royal Tern. — [s, r.] f not be distinguished without taking 

 specimens. 



1 1 . Forster's Tern. — [p. r ] /On account of the difficulty of dis- 



12. Common Tern. — [t.v.-'J ) tinguishing these two species with- 



>Vol. 3, No. 5, May, 1907 and Vol. 4, No. 2, Feb., 1908. 



^Winter Resident. 



•'Permanent Resident. 



■•Spec. No. 968. See Bull. Chas. Mus., Vol. 4, No. S, p. 73. Dec, 190.^. 



•Transient Visitant, during migrations. 



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