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common during any of my visits, further illustrating the varia- 
ble abundance in different years of the water birds of this 
vicinity. 
34. Sterna elegans. ELecanr Trern.—I have never met 
with the Elegant Tern in this locality. Mr. Loomis, however, 
took a number of specimens and saw others during September 
and October, 1896. . 
35. Sterna forsteri. Forster’s TERN.—Forster’s Tern is a 
migrant in this vicinity, passing by in spring and fall. The 
precise status of this and the two following species has not 
been fully worked out in this State. The Academy’s series 
contains seventy-eight California specimens. 
36. Sterna hirundo. Common Tern.—That the Common 
Tern is of common occurrence in California has been entirely 
overlooked in recent years by ornithologists. In 1907, one was 
shot April 29; a few were seen during May, the last on the 
18th. August 2 of the same year one was taken; through 
September they were common and a few tarried on into Octo- 
ber. In 1909, a few were noted on the 27th and 30th of August. 
They were common through September of this year, and a few 
occurred in October. There are one hundred and nine Cali- 
fornian specimens in the Academy’s collection. 
37. Sterna paradiszea. Arctic TerN.—In passing Monterey 
in their migration to the antipodes, they occur inshore in 
varying numbers late in August and in September. The Acad- 
emy’s collection contains twenty specimens from the vicinage 
of Point Pinos. 
38. Sterna antillarum. Lerast Tern.—While not actually 
seen in the immediate neighborhood of Point Pinos, these 
terns probably occur in transitu; as .a small breeding colony is 
established at Moss, near the mouth of the Salinas River. 
August 25, 1903, young birds were just able to fly. The middle 
of June, 1907, nesting was commencing; by August 28 the 
young were awing. 
39. Hydrochelidon nigra. Brack Trern.—On the 9th and 
16th of August, 1907, a few were seen flying southward. Two 
were taken on the 2nd and one on the 6th of the following 
September. On the 6th of September, 1909, two were noticed 
heading southward. 
40. Diomedea nigripes. BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS.—Singu- 
larly, “Gonies” were apparently absent from the vicinity of 
