BIRD NOTES. UH 



this species) noticed at Plymouth, Mass., 1852— F. C. Browne, x., 

 13, 235— One specimen shot at Hockawa}', L. 1., 8ept. 19, 1875; they 

 were very numerous tliere in 1873. appearin.ii; tlie last of August and 

 remaining until the middle of October — ^. T. J,a\vrence. xii., 9, 165 

 — An immature specimen, ])robably of this species, was shot at Chat- 

 ham, N. J., iu October, 1876— Harold Herrick. 



Sterna forsteri. Forster's Tern, v., 19, 292— Not common in Minn.; no 

 given in Dr. Hatch's 1874 li.st -Thos. S. Roberts, vui., 17, 361 — Ar- 

 rives on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, April 20 and remains imtil 

 Oct. 1 ; Very abundant ; breeds— Ciias. E. McChesney. viii., 2o, 380 

 — Is given as a bird of ^lichigan on the au hority of the late Dr. O. B. 

 Wilson — "Archer" (O. A. Stockwell). x., 13, 235— One shot at 

 Rockaway, L. I., Oct 1, 1873; anotlier Sept. 3, 1873 j both young 

 birds — N. T. Lawrence. 



Sterna fsilig-inosa. Sooty Tern, vii., 15, 230— Rare in Central New York ; 

 one taken on Owasco Lake Sept. 20, 1876 — H. G. Fowler. 



Sterna Iiirundo. Wilson's Tern. Common Tern. 11., 9, 133 — Breeding 

 on "Junk of Pork Island," Casco Bay, Me., July 16, 1873— Franklin 

 Besiner. ii., 12, 179 — Found in the Bay of Fundy in the autumn — J. 

 H. Batty, ii , 22, 341 — Found in Russell County, Kansas ; feeds only 

 on insects in spring — F. S.B(enson). vii., 11, 164 — Not rare at Ann 

 Arbor, Mich, in the spring migrat ons — A. B. Covert, vii., 21, 325— 

 Not rare in Yates County, N. Y.; has been taken on Seneca Lake in 

 June — J. B. Gilbert, viii., 7, 96 — Noticed at Plymouth, Mass., in 

 1852 — F. C. Browne, viii., 17, 261 — Is found in large numbers on the 

 Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, from April 20 to October 1 ; breeds — 

 Chas. E. ]\IcChesney. viii.. 23, 380— Found in Michigan— "Archer" 

 (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 10, 185— A few seen Aug. 1, 1853, at Ply- 

 mouth, Mass. — F. C. Browne. 



Sterna maci'oura. Arctic Tern, ii, 9, 133 — Breeding on " Junk of Pork 

 Islaml," Casco Bay, Me, July 16, 1873— Franklin Benner. v., 7, 100 

 — Notice of Wm. Brewster's paper reducing the so-called Sterna port- 

 landica to a synonym of this species, vii., 11, 164— Rare iu the mi- 

 grations at Ann Arbor, Mich. — A. B. Covert. 



Sterna paradissea. Roseate Tern, vii., 21, 325 — Rare in Yates County, 

 N. Y.; but one specimen recorded — J. B. Gilbert. 



Sterna portlandica. vi., 7, 100— Review of Paper by Wm. Brewster con- 

 sidering it a peculiar plumage of the Arctic Tern {Sterna macroura). 



Sterna superciliaris. Least Tern, vii., 6, 84— Occurs rarely in Central 

 New York and only in spring— H. G. Fowler, viii., 7, 96 — Noticed 

 at Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— F. C. Browne, viii.. 23, 380— Found 

 in Michigan "Archer " — (G. A. Stockwell). xii, 10,185 — A flock 

 observed Aug. 1, 1852, at Plymouth, Mass. — F. C.Browne, xii., 

 20, 385— All left Plymouth, IMass., by Sept. 1, 1852— F. C. Browne. 



Sterna rittala. v., 2, 20— Found on Kerguelen Island by Dr. J. H. Kid- 

 der— Llliott f ones. 



Stilt. IJI ck-necked, See Himantopifs nigricoUts. j 



Stilt Si ndpiper. See Micropalama /u'mantopiis. I 



Stone Chat. See Saxicola cenanthe. 



St(>r:i!y Petrel. See Procellnria pelagica. 



Strepsil s iuterpres. Turnstone, i., 4, 59— Short note by Editors on this 

 species, vii., 4, 52— A rare migrant in Central New York— H. G. 

 Fowkr. vii.. 5, 68 — Known on the coast of New Jersey by the local 

 names "Calico-back" or "Brantbird"— W. Holberton. vii., 8, 116— A 

 rare summer visitor in Conn. (?)—Robt. T. Morris, vii., 14, 212— Called 

 ." Chicaric" by the gunners in Plymouth Bay, Mass.— F. C. Browne, 

 viii., 7, 96— Noticed near Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— F. C. Browne, 

 viii., 15, 225— Noticed six or seven specimeus on the Coteau dea 



