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21. Sterna Mrundo. — Petney, mackerel or medric gull and med- 

 ric, Matinicus Id., Maine; big striker, Wallops Id., Va.; striker, 

 Beaufort, N. C. 



22. Sterna antillarum. — Little striker, Wallops Id., Va. 



23. HydrocJielidon nigra surinamensis. — Adult is black striker, 

 young, pigeon gull. Wallops Id., Va. 



Rhynchopidae. 



24. Rhynchops nigra. — F. M. Chapman gives (Country Life in 

 America, 3, No. 2, Dec. 1902, p. 85) black skimmer, cutwater, shear- 

 water, scissor-bill and flood gull as names for this species on the 

 coast of Virginia. The last name is in use at Wallops Id., and 

 Shearwater is used at Beaufort, N. C, also. 



Procellariidae. 



25. Petrels. — Old sailors' souls; so-called by down-east mariners. 

 25a. Fiihnarus glacialis. — Noddy, marble-header, oil-bird. North- 

 eastern Banks; striker. West Coast (Collins). 



25b. Pufflmis gravis. — Hag, hagdon, Northeastern Banks (Col- 

 lins). 



25c. Piifflnvs grisens. — Black hagdon, Northeastern Banks (Col- 

 lins). Shearwaters are known as haglets at Montauk, Long Island. 



Phaethontidae. 



26. Tropic-birds. — Bos'n; a name widely used among sailors for 

 these birds. 



SULIDAE. 



27. Sula iassana. — Winter gannet. Wallops Id., Va. 



Anhingidae. 



28. AnJxinga anhinga. — Bec-alance (lance-bill), Marksville, La. 



Phalacrocoracidae. 



29. Pfialacrocorax auritns. — Water buzzard, Autaugaville, Ala., 

 (A. H. Howell); Bogue Sound lawyer (presumably referring to 

 conspicuous vocalization), Beaufort, N. C. The name nigger 

 goose which I previously recorded as being used for cormorants 

 along the Gulf Coast is also heard at Beaufort, N. C, and Great 

 South Bay, long Island. 



30. Mergus serrator. — Shell-bird, Muskeget Id., Mass., jack, 

 Hickman, Ky. (Pindar). 



30a. Mergus americanus. — Woozer, universally used at Pat- 

 chogue. Long Island, but apparently unknown a few miles east or 

 west (Harper). This name seems to be an evolutionary product 

 of "usaser," mentioned by Trumbull as being used at various 

 points on Long Island. 



31. Lophodytes cucuUatus. — Zin-zin, plorgeon, diver, Marks- 

 ville, La. 1 



