C. II. Miiuliiiii — I'tiiils i>f i'lHiiiictirul. |:{:{ 



iii(li\ i<lu;il of this Ix'.uit ifiil s|nTii's dl' mill, Aiimisl Isi, |s}'_'.'' (p. 

 -71.) 1 s;i\v tlu' iH'in.iiiis dl" one tli.it IkhI liciii killcl in N uxciiilicr, 

 IHTo, iionr New llnvi'ii. S|ii'fiiiR'iis of it ;irr also in tin- fujlcctioiis 

 of W. W. Coc niul J. 11. S:io-(. „f l»..rtl:m.l, ('<.im., :m.l Mr. Win. V. 

 , Lane ^cinls iiu' a s|nH'iiiU'ii tVoiii \\'alliiiL;rt'i'<l. (Oiiii., stating tliat 

 cii»;lit WHTc si'c'ii tlu'i-*' ill tlic Tali ol" 1S7I. 



Note. — Tlu' l)urL;;()niasti'r [Lki-hs i/f((iictfs ruiiiinicli) may sniiu-- 

 tiiiK'S occur along our coast as a rare winter visitant tVdin tlie Norlii, 

 but I have, as yet, been luiable to procure satisfaetory eviili'iice i<\' its 

 presence witliiii our limits, althouiih it has bet'ii taki'ii on Lon-j;- Islaiiil. 



274- Sterna hirundo .Vuet. Ooininon Tem; Wilson's Torn; Sea Swallow. 



A common summer resident along the coast. Captain Uiooks 

 informs me that they breed ut Goose Island, Conn., but not so al»uii- 

 dantly :is the Roseate. 



275, Sterna macroura Naunumn. Arctic Tern. 



A rare visitor to our shores. Mr. J. N. Clark, of Saybrook, Conn., 

 writes me: "I have an undoubted specimen, in the fall pltnnage of the 

 young (as described by Coues), taken here last season — never cap- 

 tured a mature bird." 



276. Sterna Dougalli Mont. (S. paradisea of Authors.)* Roseate Tern. 



An abundant summer resident. Captain Brooks writes me that 

 they first "make their appearance about the middle of .May, and 

 commence laying about the first of June, at Goose Island (one mile 

 west of Faulkner's Island, Conn.), where they breed in great <puin- 

 tities, ifnot disturbed." Through the kindness of Captain F.rooks I 

 have recently (June 29, 1877) visited Goose Island, and have thus 

 been permitted to witness the magnificent aerial evolutions of these 

 beautiful birds, as hundreds of them swept to and fro over oui- luads, 

 constantly uttering their characteristic cries. They wovdd rise high 

 in the air and immediately dive to the water's edge, then, suddenly 

 turning, would sweep over the island and settle on the large rocks with 

 which it is bordered, always, as the Captain remarked, "keeping their 

 heads to the wind'ard." It is truly a splendid sight, and one well 

 worth going many miles to see. As they cover the rocks, almost 



* See Coues' Birds of the Northwest, p. 688, 1874. 



