LIST. 7 



Subfamily Sternince. Terns. 



Genus Sterna. Linnseus. 

 Subgenus " Thalasseus." Kaup. 



15. Caspian Tern. S. tschegrava. Lepech. 



" Transient Visitant," rare. Mr. Craig saw a 

 mounted specimen of this tern, belonging to one 

 Gervais, a blacksmith, corner Vitre and St. Charles 

 Borrommee street, Montreal. It was shot in the 

 fall of 1890 at St. Lambert. Another beautiful 

 specimen of this species was shot in the last week 

 of July, 1891, at Contrecoeur, by Mr. Normandin, 

 insurance agent, of this city, and it was stuffed for 

 him by Mr. Craig. It is likely that this teru breeds 

 here, as, according to " E-idgway's Manual of North 

 American Birds," it breeds in isolated and widely 

 separated localities throughout its range. 



16. Common Tern. (Sea Swallow.) S. hirundo. 



Linn. 



" Summer Resident," scarce. Breeds at Lake St. 

 Peter. I have observed them flitting over the 

 marshes of this lake, and at Ste. Rose, when I have 

 been out duck-shooting in the autumn 



17. Arctic Tern. S. parodisrea. Briinn. 



" Transient Visitant," scarce. This species re- 

 sembles the preceding one very closely. Mr. Craig 

 found some tern's eggs, several years ago, on a rock 



