(J. II. M(rrl(iiii — liirds of Conim-diiit. \\\:, 



tower at Faulkner's Island. On- of ihciu is now in liic collcdiiiii of 

 Captain O. N. Brooks, ol' that plaee; Mr. Kn)C'rt C'oe, of Stitiiy ( ictk. 

 Conn., has a njountod spccinuMi wlncli was kilUMl tlicrc willi a stnnc, 

 late in the summer (1870); Mr. Xoniian Elmore, ol' ( Jr.iiili\ , Conn., 

 has just sent me, for examination, a bird of this species that was 

 taken in that vicinity, September 20th, 1ST6. The I{e\. .1. Howard 

 Hand Avrites me that it was proeured in a singular place and niannei-; 

 "It was knocked down with a stick by a <j:;entlenian who was nellinL; 

 wild pigeons. He first saw it, I think, on the pigeon poles. He ^oi 

 it alive, but of course coidd not get it to eat, and after keeping il t wo 

 or tlu'ee days it died." This and the one killed by Elbert Coe, Est]., 

 are both in the yonng-of-the-year plumage, as describtMl by Cones.''' 

 It is a singular fact that all these specimens were killed last fall, and 

 probably all in September. 



279. HydrOChelidon lariforniis (Linne) Cones. I'.lncU Tcni: Sliort- 



tailed Tern. 



A rare visitor, occurring chiefly in fall. Though essentially an 

 inland species, it is sometimes found along the coast during migra- 

 tions. Captain Brooks took one s})ecimen near Goose Islaml, Conn., 

 about twelve years ago — the oidy one he has ever seen. ^Ii-. George 

 Bird Grinuell informs me that his brother shot a bir<l of this species, 

 late in August, near Milford, Conn. 



JloTE. — Several species of Terns, not mentioned above, doubtless 

 occur within our limits. Sterna angllca {aranca of Wilson), S. ant- 

 tiaca {acKflavida of Cabot), S. caspia and S. regia are to be looked 

 for as rare visitors from the South, Avhile S. Forsteri i)robably occurs 

 occasionally in fall-, and Xema Sahlni may^ lie nu't Avith as a rare 

 strao-ffler from the North. 



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Family, PROCELLARIID^. 



280. Cymochorea leilCOrrhoa (Vicillot) Cones. Leach'.s Petrel. 



Tolerably common oft' the coast in sunnner, but is more frequently 

 seen outside than in the Sound. I am informed by Ca]>tain IJrooks 

 that it is " occasionally seen during the sunnner months cruising in 

 the vicinity of Faulkner's Island." Dr. Crary, of Hartford, Conn., 



* Birds of the Northwest, p. 699, 1874. 



