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279. Stercorarius pomatorhinus Vieill. POMARINE JAEGER; 

 POMAIUNE SKUA. A not common winter visitant. 



280. Stercorarius parasiticus Coucs. (S. crepidatus Saund.) 

 RICHARDSON'S SKUA; PARASITIC JAEGEH. Along the coast in winter; 

 not common. 



281. Stercorarius bufifoni Cones. (S. parasiticus Saund.) BUF- 

 FON'S SKUA. Rare on the coast in winter. 



282. Larus glaucus Brunn. GLAUCOUS GULL. Rare winter 

 visitant. 



283. Larus leucopterus Fair. WHITE-WINGED GULL. Rare 

 winter visitant. 



284. Larus marinus Linn. GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. Com- 

 mon winter visitant. 



285. Larus argentatu& Linn. HERRING GULL. Abundant win- 

 ter visitant; a lew remain along the coast in summer, where formerly 

 they probably bred. 



286. Larus delawarensis Ord. RING-BILLED GULL. Rather 

 uncommon on the coast in winter. 



287. Larus tridactylus Linn. KITTIWAKE GULL. Common win- 

 ter visitant. 



*288. Larus atricilla Linn. LAUGHING GULL. Formerly a not 

 uncommon summer visitant ; now nearly extirpated from our coast. 



289. Larus Philadelphia Ord. BONAPARTE'S GULL. Common 

 Winter visitrfnt, but more numerous in fall and spring. 



290. Xema sabinei Bon. FORKED-TAILED GULL. Accidental. 

 The only record is Boston Harbor, Sept. 27, 1874 (Brewstcr, Am. 

 Sportsman, V, 1875, 370). 



291. Sterna anglica J/on. {S. aranea auct.) GULL-BILLED TERN. 

 Accidental. A recent record is Ipswich, Sept., 1871 (Brewster, Am-. 

 Nat., VI, May, 1872, 306). 



292. Sterna caspia Pallas. CASPIAN TERN. Rare or accidental 

 in winter. 



293. Sterna regia Gamb. ROYAL TERN. Accidental. Two speci- 

 mens taken by Messrs. Mayuard and Brewster on Nantucket Island, 

 July 1, 1874 (Am. Sports., V, 249, Jan. 1G, 1875). 



294. Sterna cantiaca Gmcl. (S. acujlavida auct.) SANDWICH 

 TKUX. Accidental. One record only, Chatham, August, 1865 (Allen, 

 Amer. Nat., Ill, Feb., 1870, 644). 



*295. Sterna hirundo Linn. COMMON TERN. Abundant summer 

 resilient along the coast. 



296. Sterna for steri Nutt. (S. havclli auct.) FORSTER'S TKHN. 

 Rare or accidental. Ipswich, Sept., 1870 (Breicster, Am. Nat., VI, 

 May, 1872, 306; coast, "two or three" specimens, 1873, Funlie, Am. 

 Nat., VII, Gi)3) 



