BROWN BOOBY ( Sula leucogaster ) 



Status . --Probably a casual post-breeding vagrant to the northern 

 Chesapeake Bight in late summer and early fall. 



Records .--! imm seen from shore at Chincoteague, Accomac Co., Virginia, 

 30 September 1972 (DuMont and DuMont 1973b). 



MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD ( Fregata magnificens ) 



Status . — Vagrant, casual in spring, summer, and fall. 



Records . — Jim Farlow and William Bunting (personal communication) 

 described a frigatebird at Washington Canyon (ca 37°26'N, 74°27'W) during 

 a summer in the early 1970' s. Sightings from shore were recorded at Hog 

 Island, near Wachapreague, Virginia, 14 July 1972 (Scott and Cutler 1973a); 

 1 ad male near Ocean City, [Maryland, 14 April 1976 (Dale Brown personal 

 communication); 1 imm male (USNM 567754) at Chincoteague, Virginia, 

 14 - 17 May 1976 (Scott 1976). 



ROSEATE TERN (Sterna dougallii ) 



Status . --Probably rare transient spring and fall. Formerly bred in 

 small numbers on barrier islands along the Delmarva Peninsula (Murray 1952, 

 Stewart and Robbins 1958). 



Records . --5 recorded 12-15 km off Ocean City, 12 August 1972 (DuMont 

 and DuMont 1973a). 



Remarks . — Watson (1966) noted that roseate and Arctic terns occur fur- 

 ther offshore over deeper, clearer water than other black-capped maritime 

 terns. Widely scattered sightings from shore in the northern Chesapeake 

 Bight indicate that small numbers pass near shore in spring and fall, 

 usually among flocks of common terns. 



SOOTY TERN ( Sterna fuscata ) 



Status . --Casual vagrant in summer and early fall, most frequently seen 

 after tropical storms and hurricanes. 



Records. — 1 report at sea of a "probable adult, a few miles off Ocean 

 City," on 11 August 1977 (Scott 1978). Sightings from shore include; 1 ad 

 at Fishermans Island, Virginia, 17 July 1971 (Ake 1971b); 2 imm at Fisher- 

 mans Island following hurricane "Doria," 28 August 1971 (Grant 1971); 1 ad 

 at Cape May, New Jersey, following hurricane "Agnes," 23-24 June 1972 (Scott 

 and Cutler 1972); 1 ad on Assateague Island, Maryland, following tropical 

 storm "Carrie" (DuMont and DuMont 1973b); and 1 ad found dead near a common 

 tern colony south of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, 26 June 1978 (Maurice Barnhill 

 personal communication). 



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