ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES. 143 



Anoiis St olidus stolidus (Linnaeus). Noddy Tern. [79.] 



Sterna siolida Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 137. Based largely on 

 Hirundo marina minor capite albo Catesby, Carolina, I, 88 and Sloane, 

 Jamaica, I, 31, (in Americas Pelago = West Indies.) 



Range. — Breeds on the Dry Tortugas and resident in the Bahamas and 

 West Indies and from British Honduras to Margarita Island, Venezuela; also 

 on St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, and Ascension islands. Casual in Bermuda 

 and accidental on the Atlantic coast of Florida. [Allied races occur in the;. 

 Indian and Pacific oceans.] 



Family RYNCHOPIDAE. Skimmers. 



Genus RYNCHOPS Linnaeus. 



Rynchops Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 138. Type, by monotypy, 

 Rynchops nigra Linnaeus. 



Rynchops nigra nigra Linnaeus. Black Skimmer. [80.] 



Rynchops nigra Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 138. Based mainly 

 on the Cut Water, Larus major Rostro inequali Catesby, Carolina, I, 

 90. (in America = coast of South Carolina.) 



Range. — Breeds on the Atlantic coast from New Jersey and Massachusetts 

 (formerly) to Florida, the Gulf coast, and Texas; wanders casually north to 

 Bay of Fundy and Lake Ontario. Winters from the Gulf coast (casually 

 South Carolina and Georgia) to the northern and eastern coasts of South 

 America. Casual in the West Indies; accidental inland, in New York, South 

 Carolina, and Tennessee, and in Bermuda. [An allied race occurs in the in- 

 terior of South America.] 



Suborder ALCAE. Auks, Murres, and Puffins 



Family ALCIDAE. Auks, Murres, and Puffins. 



Subfamily PLAUTINAE. Great Auks. 



Genus PLAUTUS Brijnnich. 



Plauius BRiJNNiCH, Zool. Fund., 1771, 78. Type, by monotypy, Brille- 

 fuglen = ^tea vmpennis Linnaeus. 



Plautus impeimis (Linnaeus) . Great Auk. [33.] 



Alca impennis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 130. (in Europa 

 arctica = Norwegian Seas.) 



