22 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. . ‘ 
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus). 
American Herring Gull (Larus a. smithsonianus). 
Bonaparte’s Gull (Larus philadelphia). 
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo). — 
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallt). 
Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). 
Double-crested Cormorant (Phadlacrocorax dilophus). 
Red-breasted Merganser (A/erganser serrator). 
Mallard (Anas boschas). 
Black Duck (Anas obscura). 
Old-Squaw (Harelda hyematis). 
American Eider (Somateria dresser?) . 
American Scoter (Ovdemia americana) . 
White-winged Scoter (Ozdemia deglandi) . 
Surf Scoter (Ozdemia perspicillata). 
Purple Sandpiper (Zzga maritima). 
Spotted Sandpiper (Aectitis macularia) . 
Turnstone (dArenaria interpres). 
Vesper Sparrow (oweetles gramineus). 
