18 FAUNA OF XEW EXGLAXD. 



LONGIPENNES. 



LAPJD-AE. 



Sterna cantiaca Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 87, pi. 4.31. 



Seacoasts; nests on the ground. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor: Chatham, Aug., 186.5; ]\Ionomoy 

 Id., Oct. 2, 



34. Steexa fokstepj Xuttall. 



Forster's tern. 



Nutt., Manual omith. U. S. and Canada, 1834, vol. 2, p. 274. 

 Based on Forster: " Chuechill River," Htjdsox Bay. Saunders, 

 Cat. birds British mus., 1896, vol. 25, p. 47. 



Sterna haveUii Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 103, 

 pi. 434. 



Marshes and sea coasts; nests in grassy marshes. 



Mass. — Rare fall migrant. Aug.-Oct. 2. 



35. Sterna hirundo Linne. 



Common tern; Mackerel gnll; Medrake or Medrick; Red- 

 shank; Sea swallow; Summer gull; Wilson's tern. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 137. " Europa." Chap- 

 man, Handb. birds east. Xo. Amer., 1895, p. 81, fig. 61, c; Audu- 

 bon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 97, pi. 433. Egg, Capen, 

 1886, pi. 23, figs. 4, 5. 



Seacoasts; nests on sandy or pebbly shores. 



Me. — Abundant summer resident coastwise. May 3-Sept. 2 

 (late Sept.). Eggs, late May-Aug. 19. 



X. H. — Common migrant coastwise, casual inland; formerly 

 summer resident at Isles of Shoals. May; Aug.-Sept. 



Vt. — Rare nsitor: Bennington, May 30, 1907; St. Albans. 



