20 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LONGIPENNES. 



LARIDAE. 



Me. — Rare summer visitor coastwise; not certainly known to 

 breed. May-Aug. 31. 



N. H. — Formerly rare summer resident at Isles of Shoals. 



Mass. — Locally common summer resident coastwise. May 1- 

 Oct. 4. Eggs, May 20- July 30. 



R. I. — Common migrant and summer visitor; not known to 

 nest. May-Oct. 



Conn. — Common migrant and local summer resident. Eggs, 

 June 20. 



38. Sterxa axtillarum (Lesson) Coues. 



Least tern; Little striker; Oyt. 



Stemula antittarwm Less., Descr. mamm. et. ois., 1S47, p. 256. 

 "Antilles .... principalemext Guadeloupe." 



Stenta minuta Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amei., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 119, pi. 439. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 23, fig. 12-14. 



Sea coasts and lakes; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Formerly rare summer resident in Casco Bay. 



X. H. — Rare migrant: Hampton. 



Mass. — Uncommon summer resident, from Cape Cod south 

 (formerly at Ipswich); elsewhere now casual. (April 27) May 4- 

 Oct. Eggs, May 31-June 29. 



R. I. — Now rare but formerly a more common summer visitor 

 coastwise. -Aug. 20. 



Coxx. — Rare migrant and summer visitor, formerly common. 



'9. Sterna fuscata Linne. 



Sooty tern; Egg-bird. 

 Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 176fi, vol. 1, p. 228. "ix INSULA 



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