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Common at Ipswich in autumn. Abundant on the south 

 shore during the breeding-season. Breeds on Muskegat 

 Island abundantly ; generally building a nest of sticks in a 

 hollow among the Sand-hills. 



277. Sterna Ant ill arum, Coues. — Least Tern, 

 " Jack-knife Gull." Not as common as the preceding. 

 Breeds later, not until July ; lays from one to four eggs. 

 Have found a few breeding at Ipswich. Also breeds on 

 Nantucket. 



Forster's Tern [Sterna Forsterii, Nutt). This species 

 appears to differ from hirundo in having the outer web of 

 the outer tail-feather white. I have never met with it. 



278. Hydrochelidon fissipes, Gray. — Short-tailed 

 Tern. Rare in autumn. Mr. J. F. Le Baron shot a speci- 

 men at Ipswich, August 11, and saw another. 



279. Haliplana fuliginosa, Wagl. — Sooty Tern. 

 Mr. Samuels says he "found it breeding on Muskegat 

 Island." I think it occurs rarely. 



PROCELLARID.E, — The Petrels. 



280. Puffinus major, Faber. — Greater Shearwater. 

 Not uncommon off the coast in winter. 



281. Puffinus Anglorum, Temm. — Manic' s Shear- 

 water. Rare off the coast in winter. 



282. Puffinus fuliginosus, Strickl. — Sooty Shear- 

 tvater. Common off the coast during spring, autumn, and 

 winter. 



283. Procellaria pelagica, Linn. — Stormy Petrel 

 Rare off the coast. 



284. Oceanites oceanica, Coues. — Wilson's Petrel. 

 Common off the coast. 



285. Cymochorea leucorrhoa, Coues. — Leach's 

 Petrel. Abundant off the coast. This and the two pre- 



