412 REED- WRIGHT— THE VERTEBRATES OF [October i, 



115 (74). Sterna antillarum (Lesson). Least tern. 



Mr. F. R. Rathbun^^ recorded two specimens taken on Cayuga 

 Lake. 



116 (j'j'). Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmelin). Black tern. 

 Not an uncommon spring migrant during the last half of April 



and the first of May. Foster Parker has found them nesting on old 

 musk rat houses in the Cayuga marshes. L. A. Fuertes took a speci- 

 men August 28, 1900, at Ithaca, and reported three others seen at the 

 same time. 



XXV. Order TUBINARES. The Tube-nosed Swimmers. 

 41. Family Procellariid.e. Shearwaters and Petrels. 



117 (98). .ffistrelata hasitata (Kuhl). Black-capped petrel. 



" There was a specimen in the collection of L. S. Foster, number 

 759, taken in Cayuga Co., early in September, 1893. 



XXVL Order STEGANOPODES. The Totipalmate Birds. 

 42. Family Phalacrocoracid^. The Cormorants. 



118 (119). Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus). Common cormorant. 

 A specimen was reported by William Hopkins as taken by him at 



Auburn. 



119 (120). Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson). Double-crested cor- 

 morant. 



Rare. An adult male was taken November 16, 1875, by Dr. J. M. 

 Roberts. A second specimen was taken September 29, 1905, at Au- 

 rora, N. Y., and is now in the collection of Wells College. An 'im- 

 mature specimen was obtained at Ithaca, August 2, 1906, by L. A. 

 Fuertes. 



43. Family Pelecanid^. The Pelicans. 



120 (125). Pelecanus erythrorhynclios Gmelin. White pelican. 

 There are two records of this species for Cayuga Lake. A 



specimen was obtained by Mr. Cave in 1876, concerning which Mr. 

 J. W. BeaP^ writes as follows : 



''Rathbun, Frank R., "A Revised List of the Birds of Central New York," 

 p. 41, Auburn, N. Y. 



'^ Beal, J. W., American Naturalist, Vol. I. (1867), p. 323. 



Digitized by Microsoft® 



