PROCEEDINGS MANCHESTER INSTITUTE 



POSTSCRIPT. 



While these pages are going through the press, there has 

 appeared an important contribution to the ornithological litera- 

 ture of the state, in the shape of a paper by Mr. Ned Dearborn 

 on the "Birds of Durham and Vicinity " (:03). This list is 

 important, especially because it covers the southeastern part of 

 New Hampshire and is the result of long observation in a re- 

 gion on which there has hitherto been little published. Mr. 

 Dearborn's researches now make it possible to add to the avi- 

 fauna of New Hampshire no less than twenty- nine species, 

 which had not been included in the foregoing list, mainly be- 

 cause of a lack of definite records. These additions are as fol- 

 lows : — 



1. Alca torda Linn. Razor-billed Auk. 



Stated to occur " in more or less abundance on the coast 

 every year from November to March." 



'*. Larus delawarensis Ord. Ring-billed Gull. 



Found by Mr. Dearborn to be a spring and fall migrant 

 along the coast. 



;>. Sterna caspia Pallas. Caspian Tern. 



Two were shot at Hampton in the fall of 1899. Both were 

 in immature plumage, and the skin of one is now in the col- 

 lection of Mr. S. A. Shaw, of Hampton. 



4. Sterna aiitillariim (Less). Least Tern. 



Mr. Dearborn includes this species on the testimony of Mr. S. 

 A. Shaw, who finds it uncommon at Hampton, and has a single 

 specimen in his collection. 



