﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  1 
  39 
  

  

  Shinnecock 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Sept. 
  7, 
  1882. 
  9. 
  Adult 
  and 
  juvenal. 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  i: 
  34 
  

   " 
  Sept. 
  13, 
  1882; 
  Sept. 
  later. 
  Adult 
  and 
  juvenal. 
  Dutcher, 
  

  

  Auk, 
  1:34 
  

   Atlanticville,L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  1885. 
  Adult 
  and 
  juvenal. 
  (Lucas 
  & 
  Buck) 
  . 
  Dutcher, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Notes 
  

   Long 
  Island. 
  Sept. 
  9, 
  1885. 
  (Maguire 
  & 
  Chapman). 
  Dutcher, 
  L. 
  L 
  Notes 
  

   Good 
  Ground, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  12, 
  1889, 
  (1); 
  Aug. 
  21, 
  1889, 
  (6). 
  (Hendrickson). 
  Dutcher, 
  

  

  L. 
  L 
  Notes 
  

   Kendall, 
  Orleans 
  co. 
  Sept. 
  1890. 
  6^. 
  (Bruce). 
  Posson, 
  Auk, 
  16: 
  193 
  

   Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Fall 
  of 
  1893. 
  d"'. 
  Juvenal. 
  Savage, 
  Auk, 
  12: 
  313 
  

   Sandy 
  Creek, 
  Orleans 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Sept. 
  i, 
  1894. 
  6^ 
  adult, 
  9 
  juvenal. 
  David 
  Bruce 
  

   Canandaigua, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Apr. 
  28, 
  1895. 
  3 
  seen, 
  2 
  taken. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Eaton 
  

   Buft'alo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Aug. 
  21, 
  24, 
  1895. 
  James 
  Savage 
  

  

  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  Monroe 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Sept. 
  2, 
  1897. 
  (^ 
  adult 
  and 
  juA^enal. 
  George 
  F. 
  Guclf 
  

   Monroe 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Several 
  specimens 
  mounted 
  at 
  Ward's. 
  Truman 
  R. 
  Taylor 
  

   Strawberrv 
  Island, 
  Niagara 
  river. 
  Sept. 
  20, 
  1899, 
  i 
  taken; 
  Sept. 
  27, 
  1899, 
  ^ 
  taken- 
  

  

  (Koeler). 
  James 
  Savage 
  

   Great 
  South 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  July 
  21, 
  1900. 
  i. 
  Braislin 
  

  

  Canandaigua, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  May 
  5, 
  1906. 
  Small 
  flock. 
  M. 
  Blake 
  and 
  F. 
  Antes 
  

   Erie, 
  Pa. 
  Sept. 
  15, 
  1888. 
  Sennett, 
  Auk, 
  6: 
  198 
  

  

  Todd, 
  Birds 
  of 
  Erie, 
  etc. 
  p. 
  506 
  

  

  " 
  Oct. 
  6, 
  1892. 
  (Bacon). 
  Todd, 
  Birds 
  of 
  Erie, 
  etc. 
  p. 
  506 
  

  

  Sept. 
  21, 
  1901. 
  

  

  " 
  Sept. 
  4-Oct. 
  3, 
  1900. 
  "Rather 
  common." 
  Todd, 
  Birds 
  of 
  Erie, 
  etc. 
  p. 
  506 
  

  

  " 
  Apr. 
  26, 
  1902, 
  (3). 
  (Simpson). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Sterna 
  maxima 
  Boddaert 
  

   Royal 
  Tern 
  

  

  Plate 
  8 
  

  

  Sterna 
  maxima 
  Boddaert. 
  Table 
  des 
  Planches 
  Enlumineez. 
  1783, 
  p. 
  58 
  

  

  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  65 
  

  

  niax'ima, 
  Lat., 
  largest 
  

  

  Distinctive 
  marks. 
  Resembles 
  the 
  Caspian 
  tern. 
  Bill 
  deep 
  orange 
  

   instead 
  of 
  coral 
  -red 
  as 
  in 
  c 
  a 
  s 
  p 
  i 
  a, 
  tnuch 
  slenderer; 
  tibiae 
  bare 
  .g 
  instead 
  of 
  

   . 
  7 
  5 
  inches 
  ; 
  tarsus 
  shorter 
  ; 
  tail 
  relatively 
  longer 
  and 
  forked 
  for 
  half 
  its 
  length 
  ; 
  

   occipital 
  crest 
  much 
  more 
  prominent; 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  

   as 
  far 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  lores; 
  inner 
  webs 
  of 
  quills 
  with 
  their 
  inner 
  margins 
  

   abruptly 
  white. 
  

  

  Length 
  18-20 
  inches; 
  extent 
  42-44; 
  wing 
  14-15; 
  tail 
  6—8; 
  forked 
  3-4; 
  

   bill 
  2.5-2.75; 
  depth 
  of 
  bill 
  .7; 
  gape 
  3.75; 
  tarsus 
  1.37 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  1.4. 
  

  

  