AVES. 19 



LONGIPENNES. 



LARIDAE. 



Mass. — Locally common summer resident coastwise, casual 

 inland; accidental in winter (Woods Hole, Jan. 17, 1894, Feb. 

 20, 1891). May 1-Oct. 30 (Nov. 14, winter). Eggs, May 20- 

 July 30. 



R. I. — Common summer resident coastwise. May 10-Oct. 6. 

 Eggs, June 5- July 11. 



Conn. — Common local summer resident coastwise. Eggs, 

 June 20. 



36. Sterna paradisaea Briinnich. 



Arctic tern. 



Briinn., Ornith. borealis, 1764, p. 46. "Christiansoe," Den- 

 mark. Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 82, fig. 

 Ql,d. 



Sterna arctica Temm. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 107, pi. 436. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 23, fig. 6-8. 



Seacoasts; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Common summer resident coastwise. May-Sept. Eggs, 

 June 28. 



Mass. — Uncommon local summer resident coastwise; occa- 

 sional inland. May-Oct. 



Conn. — Migrant. 



37. Sterna dougalli Montagu. 



Roseate tern; Mackerel gull. 



Montagu, Ornith. diet., suppl., 1813, p. [386], 1 pi. "west 

 Highlands of Scotland." Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. 

 Amer., 1895, p. 83, fig. 61, e; Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, 

 vol. 8, pi. [581]. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 23, fig. 9-11. 



Seacoasts; nests on sandy or pebbly shores. 



