C. II. Jferffditi — liin/s of Cimiiirtiriit. \,i\ 



Family, TACHYPETID^. 



265. TachypeteS aquiluS (Limu') Vioillul. Frigate I'eli.an; M:m-.,f-w:ir 

 Bird. 



All rxtrc'iiu'ly r:iiv Mcridcntal visitor trt)m iIk- Soiitli. IJiit uiic 

 iiist:UK-e of its ocH-iinvnce in New Eiinhiiid lias Ir'oii ivconk-.l, and 

 tliat was i)ul)lislK'.l in the Naturalist, by Mr. Griiinoll, nearly two 

 years ago: "The oeeurrenee of Tuehypetes aquiliis in Connecticut is 

 not generally known, Long Island being, np to this time, the northern- 

 most locality on record for this bird. A female of this sjtecies was 

 killed at Faulkner's Island in this State, in the autumn of 1859, and 

 is now in the collection of Captain lirooks. It was liovering over 

 the island when shot."* I have seen this specimen in Capt. IJrooks's 

 Cabinet. 



Family, LARID^. 



266. SterCOrariuS parasiticus (Briinu.) Schaff. Richardson's Jaeger. 



A rare winter visitor. Linsley gave it from l]ridge])ort. Conn. I 

 have lately seen a specimen in the cabinet of Mr. John II. Sage, of 

 Portland, Conn., which was killed at that place in the fall of 1870. 



267. StercorariuS Buffoni (Boie) Cones. Long-tailed Jaeger. 



A rare straggler from the far North. Not previously recorde*! 

 from Connecticut. I have just received, from Mr. Wm. F. Lane, a 

 beautiful adult specimen of this Larine plunderer, which he shot on 

 the Community Lake at Wallingford, Conn., August 30th, 187:3. 

 Mr. Lane writes me that he was out sailing on the lake, with his 

 brother, when they noticed a curious bird, unlike any they had ever 

 before seen. "It was chasing a swallow, which it soon caught, and 

 then lit on the watei- with the swallow in its mouth, and commenced 

 swimming ai'ound and did not seem to be very wild." Mr. Lane 

 then went ashore for his gun, and, on returning, sailed so close to the 

 bird that his brother was obliged to splash the water with an oar 

 in order to make it tiy, and as it rose he shot it. He says : "'I'he 

 bird was alone and had been liyiug around the lake for about an 

 hour when I shot it. I noticed that it w^as very swift on the wing, 

 also a very fast swimmer. It did not seem at all airaid of anyone." 



]sfoTE. — The Pomarine Jaeger, iStercorarins pomatorhinus (Teni- 

 minck) Vieillot, doubtless occurs as a rare winter visitant. 



* Am. Nat., vol. ix, No. S, p. tTO, Aug., 187."). 



