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9. Ring-billed Gull. Lams deJawarensis. (Ord.) 



Spring and fall migrant along the coast, may be a winter resi- 

 dent ; accidental in the mountains, a pair taken by Cairns in No- 

 vember, 1889, near Asheville. 



10. Laughing Gull. Lams atricilla. (Linn.) 



Common on the coast. Given by Prof. x\tkinson as breeding, 

 and consequently a summer resident, but Dr. Coues says he never 

 observed it breeding at Fort Macon, though they stay away only a 

 short time during the summer, and that they must breed near by. 



11. Bonaparte's Gull. Lams ■philadclfhia. (Ord.) 

 Extremely abundant migrants on the coast ; accidental in the 



middle section one taken by S. B. Moore, Franklin County, De- 

 cember, 1890. 



12. Royal Tern. Sterna maxima. (Bodd.) 



A common summer visitor on the coast, probably breeding, as 

 Dr. Coues saw young ones still receiving attention from their pa- 

 rents at Fort Macon. One specimen was received at the State 

 Museum, February, 1897. 



13. Cabot's Tern. Sterna sandvicensis acufavida. (Cabot.) 

 Common migrant on the coast principally, but also a rare winter 



visitor. 



14. ForsTEr's Tern. Stcma forstcri. (Nutt.) 



This, like the above species, is a migrant, but also, sparingly a 

 winter resident. 



15. Common Tern. Sterna himndo. (Linn.) 



Common migrant along the southern part of the coast ; summer 

 visitor along Currituck Sound. 



16. Least Tern. Sterna antiUamm. (Less.) 



Summer resident on the coast, breeding in great numbers. They 

 arrive in April and leave in October, nesting during the latter part 

 of May and early June. 



17. Sooty Tern. Sterna fuliginosa. (Gmel.) 

 Common migrant on the coast. 



18. Black Tern. Hydrochelidon nigra snrinamensis. (Gmel.) 

 Migrant on the coast ; seems to be an irregular summer visitor 



about Raleigh, being observed there during the summers of 1884, 

 1888 and 1892. 



Family RYNCHOPID/E. Skimmers. 



19. Black Skimmer. Rynchops ni^ra. (Linn.) 



Common on the northern part of the coast in summer, probably 

 breeding ; migrants along the southern part of the coast. 



