EATON — BIRDS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. 1 9 



77. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.) Black tern. 

 Transient visitant ; fairly common ; frequently seen in summer. 

 April 28 — Sept. 20. Said to breed on the northern shore of Lake 

 Ontario. Found on lakes, ponds and rivers. 



Family RYNCHOPIDAE. Skimmers. 



80. Rynchops nigra Linn. Black Skimmer. 



Accidental visitant. Whitestown, Oneida County, fall of 1893 — 

 Auk II, 162. 



Order TUBINARES. Tube-nosed swimmers. 

 Family PROCELLARIIDAE. Fulmars and shearwaters. 



98. Aestrelata hasitata (Kuhl) Black capped petrel. 

 Accidental visitant. Oneida Lake, Aug. 28, 1893 — Auk 11, 162. 



99. Aestrelata scalaris Brewst, Scaled petrel. 



Accidental visitant. The type and only specimen of this bird 

 was taken at Mt. Morris during the first week in April, 1880. Bui. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, 6, 91-97. Also Auk 11, 389-393. Also Farr,p. 219. 



109. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl) Wilson's petrel. 



Accidental visitant. Lockport, Oct., 1875 — Auk i, 294. Also 

 Dav. No. 12. 



Order STEGANOPODES. Totipabnate switnmers. 



Family PHAETHONTIDAE. Tropic birds. 



112. Phaethon americanus Grant Yellow-billed tropic bird. 



Accidental visitant from the tropical seas. Knowlesville, Sept. , 

 1876 — Langille, p. 615. Also Bui. Nutt. Orn. Club, 5, 63. Also 

 Short, p. 6. Also Farr, p. 219. 



Family PHALACROCORACIDAE. Cormorants. 



119. Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.) Cormorant. 



Transient visitant ; rare. Niagara River — Berg. p. 4. Oneida 

 Lake, Nov. 15, 1877 — Aub. p. 40. Onondaga Lake, 1883 — A. \V. 

 Pernor. Oneida Lake, 1890 — Egbert Bagg. 



