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tower at Faulkner's Island. One of them is now in the collection of 

 Captain O. N. Brooks, of that place ; Mr. Elbert Coe, of Stony Creek, 

 Conn., has a mounted specimen which was killed there with a stone, 

 late in the summer (1876) ; Mr. Norman Elmore, of Granby, Conn., 

 has just sent me, for examination, a bird of this species that was 

 taken in that vicinity, September 20th, 1876. The Rev. J. Howard 

 Hand writes me that it was procured in a singular place and manner: 

 " It was knocked down with a stick by a gentleman who was netting 

 wild pigeons. He first saw it, I think, on the pigeon poles. He got 

 it alive, but of course could not get it to eat, and after keeping it two 

 or three days it died." This and the one killed by Elbert Coe, Esq., 

 are both in the young-of-the-year plumage, as described by Coues.* 

 It is a singular fact that all these specimens were killed last fall, and 

 probably all in September. 



279. Hydrochelidon lariformis (Linne) Coues. Black Tern; Short- 



tailed Tern. 



A rare visitor, occurring chiefly in fall. Though essentially an 

 inland species, it is sometimes found along the coast during migra- 

 tions. Captain Brooks took one specimen near Goose Island, Conn., 

 about twelve years ago the only one he has ever seen. Mr. George 

 Bird Grinnell informs me that his brother shot a bird of this species, 

 late in August, near Milford, Conn. 



NOTE. Several species of Terns, not mentioned above, doubtless 

 occur within our limits. /Sterna anglica (aranea of Wilson), S. can- 

 tiaca (acuflamda of Cabot), S. caspia and tS. regia are to be looked 

 for as rare visitors from the South, while S. Forsteri probably occurs 

 occasionally in fall, and Xema Sabini may be met with as a rare 

 straggler from the North. 



Family, PROCELLARIID^E. 



280. Cymochorea leucorrhoa (Vieillot) Coues. Leach's Petrel. 



Tolerably common off the coast in summer, but is more frequently 

 seen outside than in the Sound. I am informed by Captain Brooks 

 that it is " occasionally seen during the summer months cruising in 

 the vicinity of Faulkner's Island." Dr. Crary, of Hartford, Conn., 



* Birds of the Northwest, p. 699, 1874, 



