AVES. 21 



LONGIPENNES. 



LARIDAE. 



Sterna fuliginosa Lath. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 90, pi. 432. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 104, pi. 30, fig. 4-6. 

 Seacoasts; nests on sandy shores. 



Me. — Accidental visitor: Parkman, Oct. 5, 1878. 



N. H. — -Accidental ^dsitor: Newmarket, about Sept. 14, 1878; 

 {nee Lake Winnepesaukee). 



Vt. — Accidental ^isitor: Lake Champlain, early Sept. 1876; 

 Rutland, 1876. 



Mass. — Accidental \dsitor: Chatham, Sept. 1877; Lawrence, 

 Oct. 29, 1876; Wilhamstown, Sept. 1876. 



R. I. — Accidental ^^sitor: (?) Newport, 1877; Point Judith, 

 Sept. 1876; Woonsocket, July 16, 1897. 



Conn. — Accidental visitor. Sept. 



40. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmelin) Stejneger. 



Black tern. 



Sterna surinamensis Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 604. 



"SURIN.IM." 



Sterna nigra Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 116, pi. 438. 



Fresh and salt water; nests in fresh marshes. 



Me.— Rare fall migrant. Aug. 14-28. 



N. H. — Uncommon migrant, mainly coastwise. June 10; 

 Aug. 24-Sept. 30. 



Vt. — Rare migrant : Lake Bomoseen, June 6, 1883. 



Mass. — - Rare spring and uncommon early fall migrant. June 

 7-10; (July 11) Aug. 8-Sept. 26. 



R. L — Uncommon migrant, mainly in fall, coastwise. Spring; 

 July 30-Sept. 18. 



Conn. — Uncommon migrant coastwise, mainly in fall. Aug. 24. 



