EATON BIRDS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. 19 



77. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.) Black tern. 

 Transient visitant ; fairly common ; frequently seen in summer. 

 April 28 Sept. 20. Said to breed on the northern shore of Lake 

 Ontario. Found on lakes, ponds and rivers. 



Family RYNCHOPIDAE. Skimmers, 



80. Rynchops nigra Linn. Black Skimmer. 



Accidental visitant. Whitestown, Oneida County, fall of 1893 

 Auk n, 162. 



Order TU BIN A RES. Tube-nosed swimmers. 

 Family PROCE LL AR 1 1 DAE. Fulmars and shearwaters. 



98. Aestrelata hasitata (Kuhl) Black capped petrel. 

 Accidental visitant. Oneida Lake, Aug. 28, 1893 Auk n, 162. 



99. Aestrelata scalaris Brewst. Scaled petrel. 



Accidental visitant. The type and only specimen of this bird 

 was taken at Mt. Morris during the first week in April, 1880. Bui. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, 6, 91-97. Also Auk n, 389-393. Also Farr,p. 219. 



109. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl) Wilson's_petrel. 



Accidental visitant. Lockport, Oct., 1875 Auk i, 294. Also 

 Dav. No. 12. 



Order STEGANOPODES. Totipalmate swimmers. 

 Family PHAETHONTIDAE. Tropic birds. 



112. Phaethon americanus Grant Yellow-billed tropic bird. 



Accidental visitant from the tropical seas. Knowlesville, Sept. , 

 1876 Langille, p. 615. Also Bui. Nutt. Orn. Club, 5, 63. Also 

 Short, p. 6. Also Farr, p. 219. 



Family PHALACROCORACIDAE. Cormorants. 



119. Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.) Cormorant. 



Transient visitant ; rare. Niagara River Berg. p. 4. Oneida 

 Lake, Nov. 15, 1877 Aub. p. 40. Onondaga Lake, 1883 A. W, 

 Perrior. Oneida Lake, 1890 Egbert Bagg. 



