18 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LONGIPENNES. 



LARIDAE. 



Sterna cantiaca Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 87, pi. 431. 



Seacoasts; nests on the ground. 



MASS. Accidental visitor: Chatham, Aug., 1865; Monomoy 

 Id., Oct. 2, 1888. 



34. STERNA FORSTERI Nuttall. 



Forster's tern. 



Nutt., Manual ornith. U. S. and Canada, 1834, vol. 2, p. 274. 

 Based onForster: " CHURCHILL RIVER," HUDSON BAY. Saunders, 

 Cat. birds British mus., 1896, vol. 25, p. 47. 



Sterna havellii Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 103, 

 pi. 434. 



Marshes and sea coasts; nests in grassy marshes. 



MASS. Rare fall migrant. Aug.-Oct. 2. 



35. STERNA HIRUNDO Linne. 



Common tern; Mackerel gull; Medrake or Medrick; Red- 

 shank; Sea swallow; Summer gull; Wilson's tern. 



Linne*, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 137. "EUROPA." Chap- 

 man, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 81, fig. 61, c; Audu- 

 bon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 97, pi. 433. Egg, Capen, 

 1886, pi. 23, figs. 4, 5. 



Seacoasts; nests on sandy or pebbly shores. 



ME. Abundant summer resident coastwise. May 3-Sept. 2 

 (late Sept.). Eggs, late May-Aug. 19. 



N. H. Common migrant coastwise, casual inland; formerly 

 summer resident at Isles of Shoals. May; Aug.-Sept. 



VT. Rare visitor: Bennington, May 30, 1907; St. Albans. 



