28 BirRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 
42. Sterna antillarum (Less.). Least TERN. 
A not uncommon summer resident on the coast.* It breeds on 
Martha’s Vineyard, Muskeget Island, Cape Cod and formerly on 
Penekese Island. 
Cohasset: “ One instance.” Essex County: “Summer visitant. Not 
common.” Ipswich: Formerly bred. Nantucket: ‘‘ Fairly common.” 
43. Rynchops nigra Linn. BLACK SKIMMER. 
A very rare and irregular summer visitant along the coast. 
Mr. William Brewster was informed by a Nantucket fisherman 
that it bred on Muskeget Island about 1830. The records 
are: Cape Cod, “flocks,” July, 1605 ;1 Savdwich, three specimens 
August 19, 1879 ;? Falmouth, Wood’s Holl, a young bird taken 
August 19, 1879, by John F. Carlton® and now in the collection 
of the Boston Society of Natural History; Boston Harbour, Pe- 
tock’s Island, one was taken August 20, 1879.2 In addition to 
these, there is a second specimen in the collection of the Boston 
Society of Natural History, labelled La/mouth. 
44. Mema sabinii (Sab.). SABine’s GULL. 
Accidental from the far north. The records are: Boston Harbour, 
an immature specimen was taken on September 27, 1874, by Mr. 
H. W. Diamond.‘ This bird is now in the collection of Mr. 
William Brewster. Cafe Cod, an immature bird was taken in 
1888 3° near Worth Truro, a fine adult female was shot August 
21, 1889.° 
4s. Larus philadelphia (Ord). BoNnaparte’s GULL. 
A common spring and autumn migrant, and an uncommon win- 
ter resident : occasional inland. 
May ro to Juneg; July 31 to November 25. Winter. 
* See references under Sterna hirundo. 
Voyages of Samuel de Champlain ; 1604-1610, ed. 1878, Vol. II, p. 87: See 
Purdie; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, No. 2, Apr., 1882, p. 125. 
2 Deane; Bull. Nutt. Or. Club, Vol. IV, No. 4, Oct., 1879, p. 243. 
3 Brewer; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XX, May 7, 1879, p. 277 in foot- 
note. 
4 Brewster ; Amer. Sportsman, Vol. V, Mar. 13, 1875, p. 370. 
> Editor; O. & O., Vol. XIV, No. 6, June, 1889, p. 95. 
6 Miller; Auk, Vol. VII, No. 3, July, 1890, p. 227. 
