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tower at Faulkner's Island. One of thciu is now in the eollection of 

 Captain O. N. Brooks, of that place; Mr. Elbert Coe, of Stony Creek, 

 Conn,, has a mounted specimen which Avas killed there witli a stone, 

 late in the summer (1876) ; Mr. Norinan Elmore, of Granby, Conn., 

 has just sent me, for examination, a bird of this species that was 

 taken in that vicinity, September 20th, IS76. The llev. J. Howard 

 Ilaiul writes me that it was procured in a singular place and manner: 

 " It was knocked down with a stick by a gentleman who was netting 

 wild pigeons. He first saw it, I think, on the pigeon poles. He got 

 it alive, but of course could not get it to eat, and after keeping it two 

 or three days it died." This and the one killed 1)y Elbert Coe, Esq., 

 are both in the young-of-the-year plumage, as described by Cones.* 

 It is a singular fact that all these specimens were killed last fall, and 

 probably all in September. 



279. Hydrochelidon lariformis (Linne) Cones. Black Tern; Short- 



tailed Tern. 



A rare visitor, occurring chiefly in fall. Though essentially an 

 inland species, it is sometimes found along the coast during migra- 

 tions. Ca])tain Brooks took one specimen near Goose Island, Conn., 

 about twelve years ago — the only one he has ever seen. Mr. George 

 Bird Grinnell informs me that his brother shot a bird of this S2)ecies, 

 late in August, near Milford, Conn. 



Note. — Several species of Terns, not mentioned above, doubtless 

 occur within our limits. Sterna anglica {ariuica of Wilson), S. can- 

 tiaca {(uniflavida of Cabot), aS'. caspia and aS'. regia are to be looked 

 for as rare visitors from the South, while S. Forsteri probably occurs 

 occasionally in fall, and Xema Sabinl may be met with as a rare 

 straggler from the North. 



Family, PROCELLARIID^. 



280. CymOChorea leucorrhoa (ViciUot) Cones. Leaclvs Petrel. 



Tolerably common off" the coast in summer, but is more frequently 

 seen outside than in the Sound. I am informed by Captain Brooks 

 that it is " occasionally seen during the summer months cruisino- in 

 the vicinity of Faulkner's Island." Dr. Crary, of Hartford, Conn. 



* Birds of the Northwest, p. (599, IS 74. 



