Vol. I -I 



No. I I Birds of Princeton. 



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Another was taken at Jackson Wycoff's, Cranbury, December i6, 1897, 

 after a severe storm. It was in an exhausted condition and was easily 

 captured, and was kept alive for some time. 



Order LONGIPENNES. Long- winged Swimmers. 

 Family Laridse. Gulls and Terns. 



5 (5i<^). American Herring Gull. Lams argentatus 



smithsonianus Coues. 



One of these birds, an adult male, was shot on the canal on March 

 17, 1900, and is now in the University Collection, No. 6938. This is 

 the only record of an individual being taken, but I have frequently seen 

 them in winter, flying high in the air from the coast after a severe 

 storm. 



6 (54). Ring-billed Gull. Larus delawarensis Ord. 



An uncommon straggler from the coast during fall and winter. 

 After a heavy storm in November 1899, I saw two of these birds 

 circling over Grover's Pond. 



7 (70). Common Tern. Sterna hirundo Linn. 



A casual spring and fall visitor from the coast. After a severe 

 storm in October 1898, two of these birds appeared at Cranbury Pond. 

 One of them, a young bird, was shot by Mr. Ross Applegate, and is now 

 in Dr. Farr's possession. While I was fishing at Plainsboro one very 

 foggy day, in the latter part of September 1899, five Common Terns 

 spent the whole morning perched on several dead trees on the shore of 

 the pond. They had probably wandered from the coast, losing their 

 way in the fog, as they appeared to be in an exhausted condition. 

 About two o'clock the weather cleared, and the terns, after circling the 

 pond several times high in the air, flew in a direct line toward the coast. 



Order ANSERES. Lamellirostral Swimmers. 

 Family Anatidas. Ducks, Geese and Swans. 



8 (129). Merganser ; Goosander ; Shelldrake. 



Merganser americanus {Cass.). 



A rare visitor in the fall and spring. Prof. Phillips took one May 

 10, 1 88 1, which is at present in his collection. Another was secured by 

 myself at Grover's Pond, November 18, 1898. These are the only records. 



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