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Genus STERNA Linnaeus. 

 Subgenus 'I'HALASSEQS lioie. 



28. (04). Stc'i-na tsclicgriivu />^^7>f?c//, Caspian Tern. 



A rare but quite regular migrant along the coast. It is not 

 known to breed within our limits. 



Count}' JJecords. — Cumberland, "a bird of the year t:tken at Iiiehmoud's 

 Ishirid in 1895" (Cf. Norton, J'roe. Port. Soc. Nat. Ilistr., Apr. 1, 1897, 

 p. 104); Knox, "verj' rare" (liacklifl;; Sagadahoc, "Aug. and Sept., 

 not plenty" (Spinney) ; VVaKhington, "seen in migrations, raie" (Board- 

 man). 



Subgenus STERNA Linnaeus. 



29. (70). Sterna hirundo /y//m. Common Tern. 



A very common summer resident along our coast, breeding in 

 colonies on the various grassy islands, often in company with Stftrna 

 paradinwa. The eggs of both species are collected and eaten by 

 the fishermen. 



County Jiecoi'ds. — Androscoggin, "rare M)igrant" (.Johnson) : (Juniber- 

 land, "abundant summer resident" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 

 .34); Franklin, "migrant" (Richards); Hancock, "breeds commonly on 

 many of the islands" (Knight); Knox, "summer" (liacklltt); Oxford, 

 "very rare" (Nash) ; Pcmobseot, (Hardy) ; Sagadahoc, "breeds" (Spin- 

 ney) ; Washington, "abundant" (Boardman) ; York, (Butters). 



30. (71). Sterna paradisffia /J/-M/')'. Arctic Tern. 



Summer resident along the coast. It is associated in the breed- 

 ing season with the preceding species by which it is exceeded in 

 point of numbers. 



County Records. — (Jumberjand, "sumnjer resident" (Brown's Cat. 

 Birds of Portland, p. .34) ; Hancock, "summer resident, not common" 

 (Knight) ; Knox, "summer" (liacklilf) ; Piscataquis, "migrant about the 

 lakes" (Homer); Sagadahoc, "breeds" (S]>iuney) ; Washington, "aljund- 

 ant" riJoardnian). 



.'U, (72). Sterna dougalli 3foA//af/. Roseate Tern. 



Formerly a rare summer visitor to our southern coast, Jjut has 

 not been recorded of late years. lireeds sparingly on Saljle Island, 

 Nova Scotia, which is its uorthei'n limit. (Cf. Dwight, IMernoirs 

 of the Nutt. Orn. Club, No. II, "The Ipswich Sparrow," p. 10). 



County Records. — Cumberland, "seen at Green Islands, Casco Bay" 

 (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol, 4, p. 15) ; Knox, "formerlj' in 

 summer, now eKterrainated" (Norton). 



