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■ 34. Sterna paradissea. Arctic Tern. 



Apparently a rare migrant. They nest as far south as the 

 coast of ^Massachusetts (Mackay, Auk, xii, 1895, p. 43), occur- 

 ring widely throughout the northern hemisphere and southward 

 to South America and Africa {Cat Brit. Miis., xxv, 1896, p. 65). 

 The only recent Long Island specimen known to the writer is 

 one taken on Ram Island Shoals, by William Dutcher, July 

 1, 1884. (Chapman, Guide to Local collection, p. 18.) 



35. Sterna dougalli. Roseate Tern. 



A not common summer resident. It was found nesting 

 with a large colony of Common Terns at the eastern end of 

 Long Island, June 19, 1902, by the writer; also found at Little 

 Gull Island Aug. 6 to 16, 1888, by Mr. B. H. Dutcher (Auk, 

 vi, 1889, p. 127). 



36. Sterna antillarum. Least Tern. 



A rare migrant; formerly, abundant summer resident along 

 the whole southern coast of Long Island. It nested as late 

 as 1894, and probably does so in small numbers still, on Muskeget 

 Id., Mass. (Mackay, Auk, xii, 1895, p. 44). ''It arrives on Long 

 Island in the month of May, and returns south in autumn" 

 (Giraud, Birds of L. I., p. 351). 



37. Sterna fuliginosa. Sooty Tern. 



The only specimen of this species recorded on Long Island 

 was taken by ]Mr. Chas. Earle at Lake Ronkonkoma, a small 

 fresh-water lake in the centre of the island, during a gale, when 

 a flock of considerable size was observed, all, presumably of the 

 same species, September 13, 1878. (Dutcher, Auk, iii, p. 433). 

 Numerous records exist for the species in New England, most 

 of them for the years 1876, 1877 and 1878. 



38. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. Black Tern. 

 Common transient in the autumn. July 21 (Amityville) to 



Sept. 14 (Rockaway). 



