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Beverly Harbor, in 1846. Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway 1 reported it breeding 

 at Egg Rock, Nahant, in 1 840. Mr. Maynard tells me he never found it breed- 

 ing but he states in his Naturalist's Guide (p. 157) that it is "common at 

 Ipswich in autumn." I have never seen it. 



29 [74] Sterna antillarum (Less.). 

 Least Tern. 



Accidental visitor ; formerly summer resident. 



The only certain record I have for the Least Tern is Maynard's statement 

 in the Naturalist's Guide (p. 157) that he "found a few breeding at Ipswich." 

 This was in the late sixties. I once saw at Ipswich Beach, in the autumn, a 

 small flock of Terns which I believed to be of this species. As the bird does 

 not now breed regularly north of Cape Cod, its occurrence on the Essex County 

 coast must be purely accidental. 



30 [75] Sterna fuliginosa Gmel. 

 Sooty Tern. 



Accidental visitor from the south. 



An adult male was taken on the Merrimac River, near Lawrence, on 

 October 29th, 1876, 2 and five or six other specimens were taken in New Eng- 

 land that same year. Allen 3 calls this " a remarkable invasion of these birds 

 into New England in the fall " of 1876. 



31 [77] Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel). 

 Black Tern. 



Not uncommon transient visitor ; June 7 ; August 10 to September 6. 

 This little Tern is a regular and not uncommon visitor, especially during 



1 S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway : Water Birds, vol. 2, p. 305, 1884. 



2 Ruthven Dearie : Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, vol. 2, p. 27, 1877. 



3 J. A. Allen: Bull. Amer Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 228, 18S6. 



