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autumn of 1876, mostly in September, indicating a remarkable 

 invasion of these birds into New England in the fall of that year. 

 Mr. William Butcher informs me of a specimen taken on Long 

 Island in 1878. 



37. Hylochelidon nigra surinamensis. BLACK TERN. 

 Of somewhat irregular occurrence along the coast in August; 

 sometimes not uncommon, particularly at Nantucket and near 

 Chatham. There are numerous recent records for the New Eng- 

 land coast, including that of New Hampshire and Maine as well 

 as Massachusetts. On their occurrence in Massachusetts see 

 Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, 1878, 190; Cahoon, Orn. and 

 Ool., IX, 1884, 151. I found them in numbers at Chatham in 

 August, 1885, and a large flight is reported as seen there during 

 the first week of September of the same year (F. J3. W\ebster\, Orn. 

 and Ool., X, 1885, 160). See especially notes on this flight by 

 Mr. J. C. Cahoon (Orn. and Ool., XI, 1866, 10), who reports see- 

 ing " as many as several hundred during the day [Aug. 31]; saw 

 one flock of twenty-three sitting on the flats, but did not observe 

 an adult among them." 



[38.] Rynchops nigra. BLACK SKIMMER. Of casual occur- 

 rence along the coast, from Long Island to Maine. (See especially 

 Deane and Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, 1879, 2 4 2 > 2 43)- 

 Perhaps formerly not uncommon on the coast of Massachusetts 

 (Purdie, ibid., VIII, 1882, 125). 



[39.] Fulmarus glacialis. FULMAR. Rare or accidental off 

 the coast. The only record is George's Banks, Nov. 1878 (Brewer, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, 1879, 64). 



40. Pufflnus borealis. CORY'S SHEARWATER. Off the coast, 

 at times apparently not uncommon. There are thus far, however, 

 but two records off Chatham Island, Cape Cod, Oct. u, 1880 

 (Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, 1881, 84, where the species was 

 first described), and again taken near the same place, August 2, 

 1883 (Job, ibid., VIII, 1883, 244). A considerable number of 

 specimens were obtained by Mr. Cory and many others were seen ; 

 Mr. Job secured three. 



41. Pufflnus major. GREATER SHEARWATER. Abundant 

 off the coast in summer. 



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