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Least Tern {Sterna antiJlantm). Formerly a common summer resident 

 in suitable places on the coasts in this vicinity, but now occurs only as a rare 

 migrant. 



Sooty Tern (Sterna fuliginosa). A southern species, not breeding north 

 of North Carolina, but occasionally straying farther up the coast. It has been 

 recorded from Lake Ronkonkoma, L. I. (Dutcher, Auk, III, 1886, p. 433), and 

 Highland Falls, N. Y. (Mearns, Bull. Esse.x. In.st. XII, 1879, 87). 



Black Tern (Hydroclielidou nigra surinaniensis) . A species rf the 

 interior, breeding from Kansas and Illinois to Alaska. Occurs on the Atlantic 

 ci'ast as an irregular migrant, usually in the fall, sometimes in considerable 

 numbers. 



Fig. 2. Tern. 

 Family RYXCHOPID.F:. Skimmers. 



Black Skimmer {Ryncliops nigra). A southern species, not breeding 

 north of Maryland, but occasionally wandering up the coast after the breed- 

 ing season. There are several records of its occurrence on Long Island dur- 

 ing the summer. 



Order TUBINARES. Tube-nosed Swimmers. 



Family PR0CELLARIID.5I. Fulmars and Shearwaters. 



Fulmar (Fnlnianis glacialis). An arctic species which sometimes 

 Wanders southward to Massachusetts. One was found in an exhausted con- 

 dition at Ridgewood. New Jersey, December, 1892, after a storm (Hales, Orn. 

 and 00]., XVII, 1,892. p. 39). 



Cory's Shearwater (Puff inns borealis). A pelagic species, sometimes 

 not uncommon off our coasts from August to November. It has been 

 recorded from Amagansett (Dutcher, Auk, V, 1888, p. 5). to Cape Ccd. Mas- 

 sachusetts, but doubtless occurs along our coast to the southward. Braislin 

 records two specimens shot off Fire Island Inlet, October 4, 1902 (Auk, XXI, 

 1004, p. 287). 



