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the Humboldt Marshes. It was met with afterward at Great Salt Lake, 

 where it was the most abundant .species, far exceeding in numbers even the 

 Eydrochelidon lariformis. 



List of specimens. 



108.5, ^ juv.; Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2, 18C9. 14J— 30J. Terminal half of 

 bill, black; basal half, dull orauge-red; iris, brown; tarsi and toes, beautiful rich 

 orange-red. 



Hydrochelidon lariformis. 



Black Tern. 



BaUtts lariformis, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, ed. 10, 1758, 153 {European). 

 Eydrochelidon lariformis, COUES, Birds N.W., 1874, 704.— ElENSnAW, 1875, 487. 

 Sterna fissipes, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, 228 (European). 

 Eydrochelidon fissipes, Gray, Genera of Birds, III, 1840, 660 {European). — CouES, 



Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1862, 554; Key, 1872, 323; Check List, 1873, No. 



575 {American). 



Sterna plumhea, Wilson, Am, Orn., VII, 1813, 83, pi. lxix, fig. —{American). 

 Eydrochelidon plumhea, Lawr., in Baird's Birds N. Am., 1858, 864.— Baird, Cat. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. G95. 



This lively and interesting Tern was an exceedingly numerous species 

 at Sacramento, as well as about the extensive marshes of the Interior. At 

 the former locality they were seen about every pool in the outskirts of the 

 city, flitting over the surface of the water, and across the meadows, uttering 

 their harsh note of krik, krik, krik, as they flew. They were so unsuspicious 

 that the town boys often killed them with stones or clubs thrown at them 

 wlien flying. 



List of specimens. 



59 <J ad.,- Sacramento City, California, June 19, 1867. 9^— 24;1— 8J— 63_1^_ 

 ja — 3^ — IJ. Bill, deep black ; rictu.s, purplish lake-red ; interior of mouth, lavender- 

 pink ; iris, hazel ; tarsi and toes, dark purple ; claws, black. 



