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ring in winter. In the plumage of that season it consti- 

 tutes Audubon's Sterna "HaveUii." Mr. Lawrence has 

 specimens from Long Island. It is decidedly a northern 

 species, probably not breeding within our limits. 



Hydrochelidon fissipes Gray. — Short-tailed Tern. Eare 

 and perhaps occasional, chiefly in the latter part of sum- 

 mer, and early in autumn. 



Haliplana fuliginosa Wagl. — Sooty Tern. A rare and 

 perhaps only accidental summer visitant as far north as 

 Massachusetts. "Breeds on Muskegat Island." (E. A. 

 Samuels, AIL, p. 90. Omitted from Sam., 0. O.) 



Bhynchops nigra Linn. — Black Skimmer. Entirely ac- 

 cidental, if really occurring. (Mass., Emm., p. 6; 

 Linsl., p. 271; Putn., p. 231; not recognized by other 

 local authorities.) 



COLYMBIDiE. 



Oolymhus torquatus Briinn. — Loon. Common ; resi- 

 dent. "Occasionally breeds." (Mass., 8am., p. 14: 

 All., p. 80.) Regularly breeds in more northern por- 

 tions. In southern portions is chiefly found during the 

 winter. 



No. 1097, adult. Essex Co. S. Jillson, May, 1864. 



No. 1098, young. " " " " 1853. 



Oolymhus arcticus Linn. — Black-throated Loon. Very 

 rare winter resident. Not known to breed. (Omitted 

 from 8am., 0. 0.) 



Oolymhus seplentrionalis Linn. — Red-throated Loon. 

 Rare winter visitant. 



No. 80, adult, Sukkertoppen, Greenland, July 30, 1860. Williams 

 College Lyceum of Natural History, 1864. 



No. 1190, young. Salem, Essex Co. A. E. Bosson, 1863. 



No. 1191, 9 . " " " Saml. Carlen, Nov., 1866. 



No. 189, $. " " " J. H. Emerton, Nov. 7, 1866. 



Oolymhus—. ? Unidentifiable. 



No. 77, nestling. Sukkertoppen, Greenland, July 31, 1860. Wil- 

 liams College Lyceum of Natural History, 1864. 



PODICIPID^. 



Podiceps Holhbllii * Reinhardt. (P- ruhricollis or gri- 



* See my Reviev? of the Loons and Grebes of North America, in the 

 Proc. A. N. S., Phila., 1862, p. 226. 



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