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specimen taken ;^ Salem, female shot in May (?) 1885;^ this 

 specimen is probably the same as that labelled " Lynn " in the 

 collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Marshfield, 

 two were shot September 26, 1891, one of which was a young 

 of the year;' Nantucket, two females taken about September 20, 

 i893> 



35. Sterna forsteri Nutt. Forster's Tern. 



A rare autumn visitant along the coast. The records are : 

 Ipswich, one taken by Mr. C. J. Maynard, September, 1870;' 

 Coast, two or three young known to have occurred " within a year,'' 

 i. e., about 1872;° Chatham, "a number" seen by Dr. J. A. 

 Allen in August, 1885 ;' Monomoy Island, one in young plumage 

 taken October 2, 1888, by John C. Cahoon.^ 



36. Sterna hirundo Linn. Common Tern. 



An , abundant local summer resident along the coast. Casual 

 inland.*" 



(February 6) May i to October 24 (November 14). 

 Berkshire : Occasional. Bristol County : " A common summer resident 

 occurring up the rivers in fall." Cambridge : Casual in September. Co- 

 hasset : "Rather common in early autumn." Essex County: "Summer 

 visitant. Abundant" [formerly]. Ipswich: "Abundant in summer after 

 July." Nantucket: "Common." Springfield: "Very rare." One in- 

 stance. Templeton: "Rare straggler." Wellesley: "Casual on lakes 

 in summer." 



' Stearns & Coues; New Eng. Bird Life, 1883, pt. II, p. 356. 

 ■•X. Y. Z.; Forest & Stream, Vol. XXIV, May 28, 1885, p. 347. 

 "Editor; O. & C, Vol. XVI, No. 10, Oct., 1891, p. 158. 



* Mackay; Auk, Vol. XI, No. i, Jan., 1894, p. 85. 

 ^Brevifster; Amer. Nat., Vol. VI, No. 5, May, 1872, p. 306. 

 'Purdie; ibid., Vol. VII, No. 11, Nov., 1873, P- 693. 

 'Allen; Revised List Birds Mass., 1886, p. 227. 



* Gaboon; O. & Q., Vol. XIV, No. ^, Feb., 1889, p. 28. 



* Mackay; The Terns of Muskeget, Auk, Vol. XII, No. i, Jan., 1895, pp. 

 32-48; part II, ibid., Yo\. XIII, No. i, Jan., 1896, pp. 47-55; part III, 

 ibid., Vol. XIV, No. 4, Oct., 1897, pp. 383-390 ; part IV, ibid., Vol. XV, No. 2 , 

 Apr., 1898, pp. 268-272. The Terns of Penekese Island, ibid.. Vol. XIV, No. 

 3, July, 1897, pp. 278-284. The Terns of Muskeget and Penekese, il/id., Vol. 

 XVr, No. 3, July, 1899, pp. 259-266. Howe; The Terns of .... the Wee- 

 pecket Islands, ibid., Vol. XIV, No. 2, Apr., 1897, pp. 203-205. 



