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28. Sterna tschegrava. CASPIAN TERN. Regular and not 

 rare spring and fall migrant along the coast (Brewster, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, 1879, 14). 



[29.] Sterna maxima. ROYAL TERN. Accidental. Two 

 specimens were taken by Messrs. Maynard and Brewster on Nan- 

 tucket Island, July i, 1874 (Am. Sports., V, 249, Jan. 16, 1875) 

 thus far the only authentic record. 



[30.] Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida. CABOT'S TERN. 

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

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



31. Sterna forsteri. FORSTER'S TERN. Of rare but probably 

 regular occurrence in autumn along the coast (Brewster, Am. 

 Nat., VI., 1872, 306; Purdie, ibid., VII, 1873, 693). I saw a num- 

 ber at Chatham in August, 1885. 



*32. Sterna hirundo. COMMON TERN. Common summer 

 resident along the coast; formerly abundant. 



*33. Sterna paradisaea. ARCTIC TERN. Common summer 

 resident along the coast; formerly abundant. 



*34. Sterna dougalli. ROSEATE TERN. Not uncommon along 

 the coast in summer, but much less numerous than formerly. 



*35. Sterna ajftillarum. LEAST TERN. Common along the 

 coast in summer. 



[30.] Sterna Miginosa. SOOTY TERN. Accidental. There 

 are three recent records of its capture in Massachusetts : Law- 

 rence, Oct. 29, 1876 (Deane, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 27); 

 Williamstown, Sept. 1876 (Tenney, Am. Nat., XI, 1877, 243); 

 Chatham, Sept. 1877 (Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XIX, 

 1878, 308). It has, however, been taken several times in the ad- 

 joining States, as follows: Saybrook, Conn., summer of 1876 

 (Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 22); Granby, Stony Creek, 

 and Faulkner's Island, Conn., autumn of 1876 (Merriam, Rev. 

 Birds Conn., 1877, 134, 135); Point Judith, R. I. (Merriam, ibid., 

 134); Parkman, Piscataquis Co., Me., Oct. 5, 1878 (Deane, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, V, 1880, 64); Rutland, Vt., 1876 (Brewer, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, XX, 1880, 276). It will be observed that 

 nearly all of the specimens here mentioned were taken in the 

 1886.] 



