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(Loomis, Proe. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2nd ser., v, 1895, p. 215) ; off Point Pinos, Mon- 
terey County, August and September( Beck, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., m1, 
1910, p. 64) ; Monterey Bay, August 4 to September 14, many specimens (Mus. 
Vert. Zool.). 
41 (74) Sterna antillarum (Lesson) 
Least TERN 
Synonym—Sterna superciliaris var. antillarum. 
Status—Common summer visitant locally coastwise; breeding colonies re- 
corded as follows: San Diego (Kelsey, Condor, 1v, 1902, p. 144) ; Newport Beach, 
Terminal Island, and Ballona Beach (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 1898, 
p. 8); Bolsa Beach (W. L. Chambers, Condor, x, 1908, p. 237) ; Hueneme, Ven- 
tura County (Willett, Condor, xm, 1910, p. 173); mouth of Salinas River, on 
Monterey Bay (Beck, Condor, 1x, 1907, p. 58) ; Moss, Monterey Bay (Mus. Vert. 
Zool.). The latter is the northernmost locality of occurrence. 
42 (77) Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmelin) 
Buack TERN 
Synonyms—Sterna nigra; Hydrochelidon nigra; Hydrochelidon plumbea; 
Hydrochelidon fissipes; Hydrochelidon lariformis; Hydrochelidon  swrina- 
mensis. 
Status—Common summer visitant to fresh water lakes and marshes interi- 
orly and northerly. Recorded as breeding at nearly all lakes northeast of the 
Sierras, and south to Lake Tahoe; also at many points in the San Joaquin and 
Sacramento valleys. The southernmost recorded breeding point is Elsinore 
Lake, Riverside County (Heller, Condor, m, 1901, p. 100). Oceurs rarely on 
the seacoast during migration: off Point Pinos (Beck, Proe. Calif. Acad. Sei., 
4th ser., m1, 1910, p. 64) ; Monterey Bay, August 2 to September 23 (Mus. Vert. 
Zool.) 
43 (81) Diomedea nigripes Audubon 
BuACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS 
Synonyms—Diomedea fuliginosa; Phoebetria fuliginosa, part; Diomedea 
chinensis ; Brown Gooney ; Sooty Albatross, part. 
Status—Occurs irregularly on the open ocean off the whole coast; at times 
common, apparently irrespective of season. 
44 (82) Diomedea albatrus Pallas 
SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS 
Synonym—Diomedea brachyura. 
Status—Fairly common at all seasons on the open ocean off our whole coast 
(many records). Has occurred on San Diego Bay (J. G. Cooper, Proc. Calif. 
Acad. Sci., 1v, 1868, p. 11), Monterey Bay (J. G. Cooper. Amer. Nat., rv, 1871, p. 
788), and San Francisco Bay (Kobbe, Bailey’s Handbook Bds., 1902, p. xlix). 
