252 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [1895 
Gelochelidon nilotica (63). Gull-billed Tern. 
“Rare visitant along the New Jersey coast, where it is 
reported to have bred formerly (‘As late as 1886, according to 
Mr. H. G. Parker’ [O. and O., 1886, p. 138]).” (Birds E. 
Pa. and N. J., 44.) 
On May 19, 20, 21, 1892, Mr. W. H. Fisher noted this 
gpecies at Cobb’s Island, Va., where, Mr. H. B. Bailey says, 
‘a few pairs were seen, but they had not commenced to breed 
during my visit, May 25 to 29,1875. They nest here sparingly, 
however, as I had a set of their eggs sent me which were laid 
the last of June” (Auk, i, 24-28), and, May 14 to 28, 1894, 
they “seem to be rapidly diminishing in numbers, being far 
less numerous than I observed them on two previous trips in 
1891 and 1892, when I was collecting in vicinity of Smith’s 
Island, Va.” (E. J. Brown, Auk, xi, 259). Casual at Wash- 
ington (Richmond). 
Sterna tschegrava (64). Caspian Tern. 
Rare migrant along the Atlantic coast. 
On July 4, 1880, Mr. Robert Ridgway found two nests with 
two eggs in each, they were at opposite ends of Cobb’s Island, 
and about ten miles apart (B. N. O.C., v, 221-22-23). “Capt. 
Crumb has found three sets of eggs in July” (Birds Vas., 
p- 42). 
“Hon. J. J. Libhart, in his ornithological report, published 
in the history of Lancaster County, records the capture of two 
of these birds on the Susquehanna at Marietta, Pa., on Septem- 
ber 21, 1847” (Birds Pa., 19). 
Sterna maxima (65). Royal Tern. 
“They have always been found breeding on a small sand bar 
off Cobb’s Island, but it was washed away during the winter of 
1874-75, and although the birds were flying about (May 25-29, 
°75), they had not chosen any spot on which to breed ; but 
they undoubtedly did so later” (H. B. Bailey, Auk, i, 24-28), 
