Catalogue of Canadian Birds. 13 



Sterna hirundo. 



COMMON TERN. 



An abundant summer resident from Lake Manitoba to the 

 Atlantic, and from the Great Lakes to the Fur Countries. Win- 

 ters from Virginia south. 



Sterna paradisaea. 



ARCTIC TERN. 



Occurs throughout the entire Dominion, but is most abund- 

 ant on the Atlantic coast, and rather rare in the interior. 



Sterna dougalli. 



ROSEATE TERN. 



A southern bird that sometimes wanders up to the Great 

 Lakes, and has been seen occasionally near the mouth of the Bay 

 of Fundy. One was taken near Halifax in 1868. 



Sterna antillarum. 



lEAST TERN. 



A few examples of this species have been observed in Lake 

 Ontario, and along the Atlantic coast as far north as Labrador, 

 but these were merely accidental siragglers from the south. 



Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. 



BLACK TERN. 



This species occurs regularly throughout the Dominion, from 

 Montreal to the Pacific coast, being most abundant in Western 

 Ontario and Manitoba. The only Atlantic coast record is of three 

 specimens taken at Grand Manan, in August, 1879 {Ru/hven 

 Deane). 



