172 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [34] 



©90. Sterna antillarum Less. Least Tern. [694.] United 

 States (rather southern), Middle America, and West 

 Indies, breeding in suitable localities north to, or 

 beyond, 40°. 



*a. No. 80194. 5 ad. Bone Island, Virginia, July, 1880 ; R. Ridgway. 



*&. No. 80199. Juv. Bone Island, Virginia, July, 1880; E. Ridgway. 



*c. No. 80205. Pullus. Bone Island, Virginia, July, 1880; R. Ridg- 

 way. 



691. Sterna fuliginosa Gmel. Sooty Tern. [688.] Sea-coasts 



throughout the warmer parts of the world ; in North 

 America, along the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts, 

 north, casually, to, or beyond, Pennsylvania. 



*a. No. 12837. Ad. Tortugas, Florida, July 4, 1859 ; Dr. Whiteliuret. 



692. Sterna anaestheta Scop. Bridled Tern. Intertropical 



sea-coasts ; casual (?) on Florida coast. 



693. Hydroehelidon lariformis surinamensis (Gmel). 



Black Tern. [695.] Temperate North America 

 in summer; south, in winter, to West Indies; South 

 America as far as Chili. 



"a. No. 77561. £ ad. Washoe Lake, Nevada, June 4, 1877; H. W. 



Henshaw. 

 *b. No. 64046. $ ad. Pembina, Dakota, June 17, 1873; Dr. E. Coues, 



U. S. A. 

 *c. No. 59745. $ ad., winter plumage. Teliuantepcc, Mexico, August 



9, 1869; F. Sumichrast. 

 *d. No. 15793. Juv. Mazatlan, Mexico; Col. A. J. Grayson. 



694. Hydroehelidon Icucoptera (Weisn.&Schinz.). White- 



winged Black Tern. Palsearctic region; acci- 

 dental in Eastern North America (Lake Koshkonong, 

 Wisconsin). 



695. Anousstolidus(Linn.). Noddy Tern. [696.] Intertropical 



seas; also South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United 

 States. 



*«. No. 11899. Ad. Garden Key, Tortugas, Florida, April 30, 1859; 

 Capt, D. P. Woodberry. 



Family STERCORARIIOE.— The Skua Gulls. 



696. Megalestris skua (Briinn.). Skua Gull. [652.] Northern 

 seas and coasts of northern hemisphere; in winter, 

 south to Massachusetts and California. (Bare or: 

 Pacific side?) 



