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Shinnecock bay, L. I. Sept. 7, 1882. ?. Adult and juvenaL Dutcher, Auk, i: 34 

 " Sept. 13, 1882; Sept. later. Adult and juvenal. Dutcher, 



Auk, 1:34 

 Atlanticville.L. I. Aug. 1 88 5. Adult and juvenal. (Lucas & Buck). Dutcher, L. I. Notes 

 Long Island. Sept. 9, 1885. (Maguire & Chapman). Dutcher, L. L Notes 

 Good Ground, L. I. Aug. 12, 1889, (1); Aug. 21, 1889, (6). (Hendrickson). Dutcher, 



L. L Notes 

 Kendall, Orleans co. Sept. 1890. o^. (Bruce). Posson, Auk, 16: 193 

 Buffalo, N. Y. Fall of 1893. c?'- Juvenal. Savage, Auk, 12: 313 

 Sandy Creek, Orleans co., N. Y. Sept. i, 1894. c? adult, 9 juvenal. David Bruce 

 Canandaigua, N. Y. Apr. 28, 1895. 3 seen, 2 taken. E. H. Eaton 

 Buffalo, N. Y. Aug. 21, 24, 1895. James Savage 



Lake Ontario, Monroe co., N. Y. Sept. 2, 1897. '^ adult and ju\'cnal. George F. Guclf 

 Monroe co., N. Y. Several specimens mounted at Ward's. Truman R. Taylor 

 Strawberry Island, Niagara river. Sept. 20, 1899, i taken; Sept. 27, 1899, 2 taken- 



(Koeler). James Savage 

 Great South bay, L. I. July 21, 1900. i. Braislin 



Canandaigua, N. Y. May 5, 1906. Small flock. M. Blake and F. Antes 

 Erie, Pa. Sept. 15, 1888. Sennett, Auk, 6: ig8 



" " Todd, Birds of Erie, etc. p. 506 



" Oct. 6, 1892. (Bacon). Todd, Birds of Erie, etc. p. 506 



" Sept. 21, 1901. " " " 



" Sept. 4-Oct. 3, 1900. "Rather common." Todd, Birds of Erie, etc. p. 506 



" Apr. 26, 1902, (3). (Simpson). " " 



Sterna maxima Boddaert 



Royal Tern 



Plate 8 



Sterna maxima Boddaert. Table des Planches Enlumineez. 1783. p. 58 



A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 65 



max'ima, Lat., largest 



Distinctive marks. Resembles the Caspian tern. Bill deep orange 

 instead of coral-red as in c a s p i a, much slenderer; tibiae bare .9 instead of 

 . 7 5 inches ; tarsus shorter ; tail relatively longer and forked for half its length ; 

 occipital crest much more prominent; black on the head does not extend 

 as far down on the lores; inner webs of cjuills with their inner margins 

 abruptly white. 



Length 18-20 inches; extent 42-44; wing 14-15; tail 6-8; forked 3-4; 

 bill 2.5-2.75 ; depth of bill .7 ; gape 3.75 ; tarsus i.37;middle toe and claw 1.4. 



