1908] BIRDS. 7 



70. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo). Two specimens. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern part of North America and Africa. 



W. Va. Dist. Eare in West Virginia. 



Nest- For account of nesting, etc., see "Camps and Cruises of an 

 Ornithologist", by Frank M. Chapman (D. Appleton and Co., New 

 York City. $3.00). 



Food Small fish. 



77. Black Tern (Hydroclielidon nigra Surinam ensis] . The differ- 

 ence in the color of the adult and young is shown in these two speci- 

 mens. 



Geog. Dist. Temperate and tropical North America. 



W. Ta. Dist. On May 30, 1901, Eev. G. Eifrig saw a female Black 

 Tern on the "Swamp Ponds' 7 , Mineral County. Mr. A. Sidney Morgan 

 says he has killed several of these birds along the Great Kanawha. 



Nest Breeds in interior North America. Nest in marshy places. 



Food Dragon flies and other aquatic insects. 



120. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus). These 

 two specimens show in a striking way the rich plumage and the char- 

 acteristic poses of the Cormorants. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern North America. 



W. Va. Dist. Eeported by the Morgan brothers from the Great 

 Kanawha Eiver. The writer has in his posession a Double-crested 

 Cormorant that was killed on the Ohio Eiver, near Waverly, on Christ- 

 mas day, 1907. 



Nest Breeds from Dakota northward. Nests on cliff-sides and in 

 various other places. 



Food Fish. 



129. American Merganser (Mergus americanus}. The very 

 striking difference in the color of the male and female is illustrated 

 in these two birds. 



Geog. Dist. North America. 



W. Va. Dist. A few West Virginia records have been made for this 

 fish-eating duck. Mr. Surber says he has seen it on the Greenbrier 

 Eiver. Mr. T. A. Morgan says, "Have killed three". Mr. Eifrig 

 recorded the species from W. Va. 



Nest Breeds from Minnesota northward. Builds its nest in a hole 

 in a tree. 



Food Fish and other aquatic forms of life. 



