76 A NATURALIST IN THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 



loi. STERNA MACROURA, Nairn. 

 (Arctic Tern.) 



I did not observe this Tern. Audubon states, however, 

 that when he visited the Magdalen Islands in June, 1833, 

 '' some dozens of Arctic Terns were plunging into the waters, 

 capturing a tiny fish or shrimp at every dash." 



Mr. C. J. Maynard writes me that he found Sterna ma- 

 croura on the islands, but it was not as numerous as the 

 last species. 



102. PROCELLARIA PELAGIC A, L. 

 (Stormy Petrel.) 



Common, a short distance out at sea. On August 21, just 

 after a heavy storm, I killed a fine specimen from the beach 

 at House Harbor. 



103. OCEANITES OCEANICA, (^Kuhl.) Cortes. 

 (Wilson's Petrel.) 



Observed what I believed to be this species while making 

 the passage to the islands. 



