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adults that fishermen generally insist that tliey are a diiferent 

 species. They call them '^Fool Gull." Mr. Finer tells me the 

 name is given them because they can be so easily approached 

 and shot, due as he rightly judges to the fact that they are young. 



9. (60). L. j)kUadelphia (Ord.). Bonaparte's Gull. Middle 

 and coast regions, not very common. 



Genus Sterna Linnaeus. 



Subgenus Thalasseus Boie. 



10. {'o^^)' S. maxima Bodd. Koyal Tern. Coast, rather 



common. 



Subgenus Sterna. 



11. (69). 8. farderi Nutt. Forster's Tern. Coast, common. 



12. (70). 8. hirundo Linn. Common Tern. Coast, com- 

 mon. 



Subgenus Sternula Boie. 



*13. (74). 8. antillarum (Less.). Least Tern. Coast, com- 

 mon, breeds. 



Subgenus Haliplana Wagler. 



14. (75). 8. fuliginosa Gmel. Sooty Tern. Coast, common. 



Genus Hydrochelidon Boie. 



15. (77). H. nigra surinamensis (Gmel.). Black Tern. Coast, 

 common. 



Family RYNCHOPID.E. Skimmers. 



Genus Rynchops Linnaeus. 



16. (80). R. nigra Linn. Black Skimmer. Coast, com- 

 mon. 



Order TUBINARES. Tube-nosed Swimmers. 



Family PROCELLARID.^:. Fulmars and Shearwaters. 



Genus Puffinus Brisson. 



17. (88). P. borealis Cory? Cory's Shearwater. I saw at 

 Beaufoi't a wing of one of the Sliearwaters taken at that place. 

 From the length of the wing, and from a description of the bird 

 given to me, I judge it to be this species. 



