﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  

  

  49 
  

  

  Sterna 
  forsteri 
  Nwttall 
  

  

  (Forster 
  tern) 
  

  

  Sterna 
  hirundo 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  {Common 
  tern) 
  

  

  Sterna 
  paradisaea 
  Briinnicli 
  

  

  (Arctic 
  tern) 
  

  

  Sterna 
  dougalli 
  Montagu 
  

  

  (Roseate 
  tern) 
  

  

  Sterna 
  antillarum 
  (Lesson) 
  

  

  (Least 
  tern) 
  

  

  Sterna 
  fuscata 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  (Sooty 
  tern) 
  

  

  Hydrochelidon 
  nigra 
  surinamensis 
  

  

  (Gmelin) 
  

   (Black 
  tern) 
  

  

  Family 
  Khynchopidae 
  

  

  Skimmers 
  

   Rynchops 
  nigra 
  Linnaeus 
  

   (Black 
  skimmer) 
  

  

  Order 
  Tuirbinares 
  

  

  Tube-nosed 
  szi'i)iimers 
  

  

  Family 
  F»uiffiniciae 
  

  

  Fulmars, 
  Shearzcatcrs 
  and 
  Petrels 
  

  

  Fulmarus 
  glacialis 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Fulmar) 
  

  

  Puffinus 
  borealis 
  Cory 
  

  

  (Cory 
  sliearzcater) 
  

  

  Puffinus 
  gravis 
  (O'Reilly) 
  

  

  (Greater 
  shearzvater) 
  

  

  Puffinus 
  puffinus 
  (Briinnicli) 
  

  

  (Manx 
  shearzcater) 
  

   Puffinus 
  Iherminieri 
  Lesson 
  

  

  (Audubon 
  shearzcafer) 
  

   Puffinus 
  griseus 
  (Gmelin) 
  

  

  (Sooty 
  sJiearzvater) 
  

   Aestrelata 
  hasitata 
  (Kuhl) 
  

  

  (Black-capped 
  petrel) 
  

   Aestrelata 
  scalaris 
  Brezvster 
  

   , 
  (Scaled 
  petrel) 
  

  

  Family 
  F»rocelloriiclae 
  

  

  Stormy 
  petrels 
  

   Thalassidroma 
  pelagica 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Stormy 
  petrel) 
  

   Oceanodroma 
  leucorrhoa 
  (Vieillot) 
  

  

  (Leach 
  petrel) 
  

  

  Oceanites 
  oceanicus 
  (Kuhl) 
  

   (Wilson 
  petrel) 
  

  

  Order 
  Steganopodes 
  

  

  Totipabnate 
  birds 
  

  

  Family 
  F^haethionticlae 
  

  

  Tropic 
  birds 
  

   Phaethon 
  americanus 
  Grant 
  

   (Yellozu-billed 
  tropic 
  bird) 
  

  

  Family 
  Svalidae 
  

  

  Gannets 
  

  

  Sula 
  leucogaster 
  (Boddaert) 
  

  

  (Booby) 
  

  

  Sula 
  bassana 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Gannet) 
  

  

  Family 
  PlT^alacrocoracicia* 
  

  

  Cormorants 
  

   Phalacrocorax 
  carbo 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Cormorant) 
  

  

  Phalacrocorax 
  auritus 
  (Lesson) 
  

  

  (Double-crested 
  cormorant) 
  

  

  Family 
  F'e'ecanlda© 
  

  

  Pelicans 
  

  

  Pelecanus 
  erythrorhynchus 
  Gmelin 
  

  

  (Americun 
  white 
  pelican) 
  

  

  Pelecanus 
  fuscus 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  (Brozvn 
  pelican) 
  

  

  Family 
  F"regaticlae 
  

  

  Man-o'-zi'ar 
  birds 
  

  

  Fregata 
  aquila 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Man-o'-zvar 
  bird) 
  

  

  Order 
  Anseres 
  

   Lamellirostral 
  szi'immers 
  

  

  Family 
  Anatfcla© 
  

  

  Ducks, 
  Geese 
  and 
  Szcans 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  Nlergii^a© 
  

  

  Mergansers 
  

   Mergus 
  americanus 
  Cassin 
  

  

  (American 
  merganser) 
  

  

  Mergus 
  serrator 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  (Red-breasted 
  merganser) 
  

  

  Lophodytes 
  cucullatus 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Hooded 
  merganser) 
  

  

  