1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 253 
On July 4, 1880, Mr. Robert Ridgway saw an immense colony 
there (B. N. O. C., v, 221-22-23), and “Captain Crumb has 
found eggs in the latter part of June” (Birds Vas., 42). 
“Rare straggler on the New Jersey coast during summer” 
(Birds E. Pa. and N. J., 45). 
Sterna forsteri (69). Forster’s Tern. 
“Tt is the commonest tern in winter and during the migra- 
tions in the harbor of Baltimore” (Birds N. W., 679). On 
March 4, 1893, during a severe snow storm, I saw several 
terns flying over the channel off Sparrow’s Point, which I be- 
lieve were of this species, but they did not come close enough 
to be positively identified. 
They have been taken near Washington, D. C., and have 
been found quite abundant over the lower Potomac by Mr. P. 
L. Jouy (Field and Forrest, vii, 29). 
On the evening of June 5, 1894, at North Beach, about ten 
miles south of Ocean City, Md., I saw some boys who had 
gathered about 200 “Striker” eggs, and were proceeding to 
cook same for their supper; they had also shot a number of birds 
which, on examination, I found to be all Forster’s Terns. Next 
day, June 6, 1894, I visited a marshy island with probably 2000 
terns over it, and as far as I could observe all were forsteri. 
Here I noted 12 nests with 3 eggs, 19 with 2 and 41 with 1; 
how many without eggs Iam unable to say. 
On June 7 I visited two other much smaller “tumps” about 
three miles distant ; about 200 birds here, on one there were 7 
nests with 1 egg each, and on the other 7 with 1, and 1 with 2; 
this was evidently where the boys had been, as innumerable nests 
were empty. On June 10 I again visited all three of these 
“tumps” and on the larger one noted 7 nests with 3 eggs, 7 with 
2, and 19 with 1, the number of unoccupied nests being greater 
than before. On the smaller “tumps” I saw respectively 
1 of 2, and 6 of 1; and 3 of 2 and 4 of 1; and more unoc- 
cupied nests. Here the birds were much fewer than before, 
while at the largest “tump” there appeared to be more than 
