26 Birps OF MASSACHUSETTS 
specimen taken;! Salem, female shot in May (?) 1885;° this 
specimen is probably the same as that labelled “Lynn” in the 
collection of the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy. Marshfield, 
two were shot September 26, 1891, one of which was a young 
of the year;*® MVantucket, two females taken about September 20, 
1893.4 
35. Sterna forsteri Nutt. Forsrer’s TERN. 
A rare autumn visitant along the coast. The records are: 
Ipswich, one taken by Mr. C. J. Maynard, September, 1870;° 
Coast, two or three young known to have occurred “ within a year,” 
2. @. about 1872;° Chatham, “a number ” 
Allen in August, 1885 ;7 JZonomoy /sland, one in young plumage 
taken October 2, 1888, by John C. Cahoon.° 
seen by D5 [ames 
36. Sterna hirundo Linn. Common TERN. 
An abundant local summer resident along the coast. Casual 
inland.* 
(February 6) May 1 to October 24 (November 14). 
Berkshire: Occasional. Bristol County: ‘‘ A common summer resident 
occurring up the rivers in fall.” Cambridge: Casual in September. Co- 
hasset: “ Rather common in early autumn.’’ Essex County: “ Summer 
visitant. Abundant” [formerly]. Ipswich: ‘‘ Abundant in summer after 
July.” Nantucket: “Common.” Springfield: “Very rare.” One in- 
stance. Templeton: “Rare straggler.” Wellesley: ‘‘ Casual on lakes 
in summer.”’ 
‘Stearns & Coues; New Eng. Bird Life, 1883, pt. II, p. 356. 
2X. Y.Z.; Forest & Stream, Vol. XXIV, May 28, 1885, p. 347. 
3 Editor; O. & O., Vol. XVI, No. 10, Oct., 1891, p. 158. 
4 Mackay; Auk, Vol. XI, No. 1, Jan., 1894, p. 85. 
> Brewster; Amer. Nat., Vol. VI, No. 5, May, 1872, p. 306. 
Purdie; zbzd., Vol. VII, No. 11, Nov., 1873, p. 693. 
7 Allen; Revised List Birds Mass., 1886, p. 227. 
8Cahoon; O. & O., Vol. XIV, No. 2, Feb., 1889, p. 28. 
* Mackay; The Terns of Muskeget, Auk, Vol. XII, No. 1, Jan., 1895, pp. 
32-48; part II, zbzd., Vol. XIII, No. 1, Jan., 1896, pp. 47-55; part III, 
thid., Vol. XIV, No. 4, Oct., 1897, pp. 383-390; part IV, zbzd., Vol. XV, No. 2, 
Apr., 1898, pp. 268-272. The Terns of Penekese Island, 7b¢d., Vol. XIV, No. 
3, July, 1897, pp. 278-284. The Terns of Muskeget and Penekese, zéid., Vol. 
XVI, No. 3, July, 1899, pp. 259-266. Howe; The Terns of .... the Wee- 
pecket Islands, zb¢d., Vol. XIV, No. 2, Apr., 1897, pp. 203-205. 
