BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 493 



Agersborg, Auk, ii, 1885, 289 (s. e. South Dakota). — American Or- 

 nithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, and 2d ed., 1895, no. 69; 3d ed., 

 1910, p. 44. — Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 147 (Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg, 

 Lake Winnipegosis, Shoal Lake, Waterhen River, and Selkirk, Manitoba, 

 breeding). — Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mug., x, 1888, 192 (n. California, 

 breeding). — Beckham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 644 (Corpus Christi, 

 Texas). — Pindar, Auk, vi, 1889, 31 (Fulton County, Kentucky, breeding). — 

 Shick, Auk, vii, 1890, 327 (Seven Mile Beach, New Jersey, breeding). — 

 Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 469 (Lake Winnipeg, etc., 

 Manitoba, breeding). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, 101 (Corpus 

 Christi, Texas). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1903, 

 402 (Mazatlan, Sinaloa; San Mateo and Ventosa Bay, Oaxaca; Lake of Duenas, 

 Guatemala; off Pernambuco, Brazil). — Finley, Condor, ix, 1907, 97, in text 

 (Lower Klamath and Tule lakes, s. Oregon, breeding). — Roberts, in Wilcox's 

 Hist. Becker Co., Minn., 1907, 162 (breeding).— Linton, Condor, x, 1908, 

 196 (Buena Vista Lake, Kern Co., California, May, June). — Goldman, 

 Condor, x, 1908, 201 (Tulare Co., California, June). — Grinnell (J.), Pacific 

 Coast A-\ii., no. 11, 1915, 24 (California range; breeding at Eagle Lake, 

 Lake Tahoe, Sacramento, etc.; wintering sparingly north to Santa Cruz 

 and Stockton). 



[Sterna] forsteri Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 118, no. 11026. — Sclater and Salvin, 

 Norn. Av. Neotr., 1873, 147.— Sharps, Hand-list, i, 1899, 134.— Forbes 

 and Robinson; Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 1899, 54 (Cobbs Island, Vir- 

 ginia). 



S[terna] forsteri Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., \di, 1875, 16 (Truckee Valley, 

 Nevada, breeding), 23 (Sink of Humboldt River, breeding), 31 (Great Salt 

 Lake, Utah, breeding); Ann. Lye. N. Y., x, 1874, 391 (Illinois); Man. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1887, 42.— Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 147 (n. e. Illinois, 

 breeding; habits; desor. nest and eggs). — Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 

 1884, 763.— Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 274, 278, in text (w. coast Florida, May). 



[Sterna] forsterii Coves, Key N. Am.* Birds, 1872, 321. 



Sterna havelli Audubon, Birds Am., fol. ed., 1838, pi. 409, fig. 1 (Louisiana, 

 opposite New Orleans ;=j'oung); Orn. Biog., v, 1839, 122. — Lawrence, 

 in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 861.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 686.— Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., ' 1862, 543 

 (monogr.). — Brewster, Am. Nat., vi, 1872, 306 (Ipswich Beach, Massachu- 

 setts, Sept., 1870). 



S[terna] havelli Gray, Gen. Bii-ds, iii, 1846, 659. 



[Sterna] havelli Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 118, no. 11028. 



Sterna havcllii Audubon, Synopsis, 1839, 318; Birds Am., 8vo. ed., vii, 1844, 

 103, pi. 434. 



Gelochelidon havelli Boie, Isis, 1844, 187. 



[Gelochelidon] havelli Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xlii, 1856, 772. 



STERNA HIRUNDO Linnaeus. 



COMMON TERN. 



Adults in summer (sexes alike).— Pileum and nape, including upper 

 haK of lores, uniform black; rest of upper parts pale neutral gray, 

 the edge of wing, tips of secondaries, lower part of rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, and greater part of tail immaculate pure white; under parts 

 of body uniform pallid neutral gray to grayish white, fading into 



