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to Massachusetts. As a New York species it rests on the record of Lawrence, 

 [Lye. N. Y., Ann. 1866. 8: 299]; and DeKay, page 303, who states that 

 it has occurred on our coast. 



Sterna tnideaui Audubon 



Trudeau Tern 



Sterna trudeaui Audubon. Ornithological Biographies. 1839. 5: 125, pi. 409 



A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. [68] 



trudeau'i, of Dr James Trudeau 



Distinctive marks. Bill yellow at base and Up with a broad black band 

 "between ; feet reddish ; head white with a narrow slaty black bar on its sides 

 passing through the e}'e; the rest of the plumage unifonnly pale pearl- 

 color; except the rump, tail, underwings, tips and inner veins of the second- 

 aries, and the shafts of the primaries together with spaces on their inner 

 veins, which are white. 



Length 14 inches; wing 10.25; 'tail 6.5, forked 2.75; bill 1.5-1.7; depth 

 of bill .38; tarsus .9; middle toe and claw 1.05. 



Cpper figure, Forstcr tern. Sterna forsteri Nuttall. Lower figure, Trudeau tern. Sterna trudeaui Audu- 

 bon. From Audubon, Birds of America 



