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37. Sterna paradisaea Briinn. ARCTIC TERN. 



An uncommon local summer resident along the coast. Casual 

 inland.* Bred in Beverley in 1846, and at Ipswich in 1869. 



May to October. 



Essex County : "Summer visitant. Rare." Ipswich : Formerly 

 bred. Nantucket : " Not very common." Wellesley : "Casual inland." 

 Two fall specimens at Lake Cochituate. 



38. Sterna dougalli Montag. ROSEATE TERN. 



A common local summer resident along the coast.* Bred on 

 islands in Beverley Harbour in 1846, and at Ipswich in 1869. 



May i to October 4. 



Bristol County : "Common summer resident." Cohasset : "One in- 

 stance." Essex County: "Summer visitant. Rare." Ipswich: Formerly 

 bred. Nantucket : " Common." 



39. Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida (Cabot). CABOT'S 

 TERN. 



Accidental from the south. Two records : Chatham, an 

 immature bird taken, August, 1865 ;* Monomoy Island, near 

 Chatham, a young bird taken October 2, 1888, by J. C. Cahoon. 2 



40. Sterna maxima Bodd. ROYAL TERN. 



Accidental from the south. Two records exist : Nantucket, a 

 pair were taken by Messrs. William Brewster and C. J. Maynard, 

 July i, 1874. 8 Mr. Maynard writes that they were "evidently 

 breeding." Chatham, a female was taken July 29, 



41. Sterna fuliginosa Gmel. SOOTY TERN. 



Accidental from the South. The records are : Lawrence, on 

 the Merrimack River, an adult male taken October 29, 1876 ; 6 

 Williamstown, near the Hoosac River, September [1876] ; 6 and 

 Chatham, three seen by Mr. W. A. Jeffries, September, 1877.' 



* See references under Sterna hirundo. 



1 Allen ; Amer. Nat., Vol. Ill, No. 12, Feb., 1870, p. 644, p. 45 of separate. 



2 Brewster; Auk, Vol. VI, No. i, Jan., 1887, pp. 66, 67. 



3 Brewster; Amer. Sportsman, Vol. V, Jan. 16, 1875, p. 249. 



4 Editor; O. & O., Vol. XV, No. 7, July, 1890, p. no. 



5 Deane; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. II, No. i, Jan., 1877, P- 27. 

 6 Tenney ; Amer. Nat., Vol. XI, No. 4, Apr., 1877, p. 243. 



7 Brewer; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIX, 1878, p. 308. 



