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oird it was evidently one of the Little Crested Auks, apparently Simor- 

 hynchus cristatellus a bird he had otherwise never seen or heard of, but 

 which he very accurately described. That the bird was one of the little 

 Crested Auks there can be no doubt." J. A. Allen ; Auk, Vol. II, No. 4* 

 Oct., 1885, p. 338. 



31. Fratercula arctica (Linn.). PUFFIN. 



An uncommon winter visitant to the coast. The only pre- 

 served Massachusetts specimen we know of is one from Cohasset 

 from the Collection of Matthew Luce, Jr., now in the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology (No. 36021). 



[November], to [March].* 

 Cohasset: One instance. Essex County : "Winter. Rare." 



32. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.) . BLACK 

 TERN. 



A not uncommon summer visitant and autumn migrant. Casual 

 inland. 



June 10 to September 26. 



Ipswich : Three instances. Nantucket : " Not very abundant, August 

 usually." Wellesley : " Casual." 



33. Gelochelidon nilotica (Hasselq.). GULL-BILLED TERN. 

 A rare straggler from the south. There is One record : 



Ipswich, one taken in September, 1871, by Mr. C. J. Maynard, 

 and now in Mr. William Brewster's collection. 1 



34. Sterna caspia Pallas. CASPIAN TERN. 



An irregular and uncommon visitant along the coast. The 

 records are : Chatham, quite numerous in the first week of 

 May, 1875, and fairly numerous in August and September, 1878, 

 and also observed at various points from Ipswich (at this latter 

 locality a flock of about six was seen, one of which was secured, 

 September 15, 1871) to Nantucket \* Boston Harbour, a young 



* Dates in brackets are approximated from other New England sources 

 where actual Massachusetts dates are unavailable. 



1 Brewster; Amer. Nat., Vol. VI, No. 5, May, 1872, p. 306. 



2 Brewster; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, No. i, Jan., 1875, PP- Mi r 5- 



