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Beverly Harbor, in 1846. Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway^ reported it breeding 

 at Egg Rock, Nahant, in 1840. Mr. Maynard tells me he never found it breed- 

 ing but he states in his Naturalist's Guide (p. 157) that it is "common at 

 Ipswich in autumn." I have never seen it. 



29 [74] Sterna antillarum (Less.). 

 Least Tern. 



Accidental visitor ; formerly summer resident. 



The only certain record I have for the Least Tern is Maynard's statement 

 in the Naturalist's Guide (p. 157) that he "found a few breeding at Ipswich." 

 This was in the late sixties. I once saw at Ipswich Beach, in the autumn, a 

 small flock of Terns which I believed to be of this species. As the bird does 

 not now breed regularly north of Cape Cod, its occurrence on the Essex County 

 coast must be purely accidental. 



30 [75] Sterna fuliginosa Gmel. 

 SooTv Tern. 



Accidental visitor from the south. 



An adult male was taken on the Merrimac River, near Lawrence, on 

 October 29th, 1876,2 and five or six other specimens were taken in New Eng- 

 land that same year. Allen ^ calls this " a remarkable invasion of these birds 

 into New England in the fall " of 1876. 



31 [77] Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel). 

 Black Tern. 



Not uncommon transient visitor; June 7 ; August 10 to September 6. 

 This little Tern is a regular and not uncommon visitor, especially during 



1 S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway : Water Birds, vol. 2, p. 305, 1SS4. 



2 Ruthven Deane ; Bull. Nuttall Cm, Club, vol. 2, p. 27, 1877. 

 ^ J. A. Allen : Bull. Amer Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. I, p. 228, 1886. 



