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is said to have arrived April 9, and left September 29, 1885 (Ornithol- 
ogist and Odlogist, Vol. XI, No. 4, April, 1886, pp. 54-55). October 22, 
1884, Mr. S. W. Willard took a female near the mouth of Fox river, in 
‘eastern Wisconsin. 
60. Larus philadelphia (Ord.) [675.] Bonaparte’s Gull. 
Breeds from Manitoba northward (and probably in northern Minne- © 
sota as well); winters along the Gulf of Mexico and southward, and 
sometimes in Illinois. In the spring of 1884 it was noted from Lanes- 
borough, Minn., April 23, and from River Falls, Wis., April 28. In 1885 
it arrived at Hennepin, Il., April 17. 
62. Xema sabinii (Sab.). [677.] Sabine’s Gull. 
Breeds in the Arctic regions, coming south in winter rarely and ir- 
regularly to the United States. It is a rare winter visitant at Lake 
Michigan (Nelson), and was taken oncée in Kansas in the fall (at Hom- 
boldt, September 21, 1876, by Col. N. S. Goss). 
63. Gelochelidon nilotica (Hasselq.). [679.] Gull-billed Tern; Marsh Tern. 
Breeds commonly in suitable places along the coast of Texas; rare 
». inland, but has been reported irregularly from other parts of the Mis- 
sissippi Valley. 
64, Sterna tschegrava Lepech. [680.] Caspian Tern. 
An irregularly distributed species, common in the Gulf of Mexico, 
where it breeds at various places along the coasts of Texas and Louisi- 
ana. Mr. Hatch gives it in his list of Minnesota birds, and Mr. Preston 
has taken it in central Iowa. There is also a record of three that were 
shot at Cincinnati October 9, 1882. 
65. Sterna maxima Bodd. [681.] Royal Tern. 
A southern species, breeding commonly along the coasts of Texas and 
Louisiana, A summer visitant in Ilinois. 
67. Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida (Cabot). [683.] Cabot’s Tern, 
An inhabitant of the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts, breeding com- 
monly along the coast of Texas. 
69. Sterna forsteri Nutt. [685.] forster’s Tern. 
The most common Tern of the Mississippi Valley, wintering in the 
South, and breeding from Texas to Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and 
Manitoba. In 1884 it was noted from Manhattan, Kans., May 1; and 
a Tern, probably of this species, was seen at Oak Point, Manitoba, 
May 17. 
In 1885 it was seen at Emporia, Kans., April 18; and at Heron Lake, 
Minn., April 21. In the fall of 1885 two birds, young of the year, were 
seen at Lanesboro, Minn., August 21, and the species was last seen at 
Heron Lake, October 14, 
