SOME NOTES OX NEBRASKA BIRDS. 61 



71. Sterna paradisaea {Brilnn). — Arctic Tern. 



"Only saw a few of these terns in Dixon county, in May, 1866 " (Aughey). 



74. Sterna antillarum (Less.). — Least Tern. 



West Point, Nebr. (L. Bruner) ; " Rather common in Nebraska " (Aughey); 

 " Migratory, abundant; summer resident, not uncommon " (Taylor); "North 

 America, northward to California and New England" (Goss); Omaha — breed- 

 ing (L. Skow); Peru, abundant— probably breeds (G. A. Coleman); "A few 

 seen around Cut-off lake near Omaha during summer of 1893" (I. S. Trostler). 



77. Hydrchelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.). — Black Tern. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln, Holt county, Platte river (L. Bruner); "Breeds 

 here" (Aughey); "Migratory, common; summer resident, rare: arrive about the 

 first of May and in October" (Taylor); "Temperate North America" (Goss); 

 Beatrice (A. S. Pearse); Omaha — breeding (L. Skow); Peru, common migrant 

 (G. A. Coleman); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); Swan lake, Holt 

 county (D. H. Talbot); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "A common migrant and 

 not an uncommon summer resident — breeds" (I. S. Trostler). 



OuDER STEGANOPODES.— ToTiPALMATE Swimmers. 



Family ANHINGID^.— Darters. 

 118. Anhinga anhinga (i^mn.). — Anhinga, Snake Bird. 



An accidental visitor — based on a single specimen that was .shot several years 

 ago within a few miles of Omaha and mounted by F. J. Brezee (L. Bruner). 



Family PHALACROCORACIDJE.— Cormorants. 



120. Phalacrocorax dilophus {Sioaiyi.). — Double-crested Cor- 



morant. 



Florence lake (J. Budd); Cut-off lake (F. J. Brezee); West Point (L. 

 Braner); '■ Perhaps passing through the state in April and November " (Tay- 

 lor); "South in winter to the Gulf coast" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry 

 county (J. M. Bates); "migrant, not rare" (I. S. Trostler). 



120a. Phalacrocorax dilophus floridanus (Aud.). — Florida 

 Cormorant. 



West Point, Omaha, Platte river, Lincoln (L. Bruner); Omaha (F. J. Brezee). 



121. Phalacrocorax mexicanus {Brandt). — Mexican Cormo- 



rant. 



North in the interior to Kansas and southern Illinois (A. O. U. Check List); 

 Reported in spring from West Point, Cuming county, by a friend (L. Bruner). 



