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is said to have arrived April 9, and left September 29, 1SS5 (Ornithol- 

 ogist and Oologist, Vol. XI, ^ T o. 4, April, 1886, pp. 54-55). October 22 y 

 1884, Mr. S. W. Willard took a female near the month of Fox river, in 

 eastern Wisconsin. 



60. Larus Philadelphia (Orel.) [675.] Bonaparte's Gull. 



Breeds from Manitoba northward (and probably in northern Minne- 

 sota as well) j winters along the Gulf of Mexico and southward, and 

 sometimes in Illinois. In the spring of 1884 it was noted from Lanes- 

 borough, Minn., April 23, and from Elver Falls, Wis., April 28. In 1S85 

 it arrived at Hennepin, 111., April 17. 



62. Xema sabiuii (Sab.). [677.] Sabine's Gull. 



Breeds in the Arctic regions, coming south in winter rarely and ir- 

 regularly to the United States. It is a rare winter visitant at Lake 

 Michigan (Nelson), and was taken once in Kansas in the fall (at Hum- 

 boldt, September 21, 1876, by Col. K S. Goss). 



63. Gelochelidon nilotica (Hasselq.). [679.] GuU-UUed Tern; Marsh Tern. 

 Breeds commonly in suitable places along the coast of Texas ; rare 



inland, but has been reported irregularly from other parts of the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley. 



64. Sterna tschegrava Lepech. [680.1 Caspian Tern. 



An irregularly distributed species, common in the Gulf of Mexico, 

 where it breeds at various places along the coasts of Texas and Louisi- 

 ana. Mr. Hatch gives it in his list of Minnesota birds, and Mr. Preston 

 has taken it in central Iowa. There is also a record of three that were 

 shot at Cincinnati October 9, 1882. 



65. Sterna maxima Bodd. [681.] Royal Tern. 



A southern species, breeding commonly along the coasts of Texas and 

 Louisiana. A summer visitant in Illinois. 



67. Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida (Cabot). [683.] Cabot's Tern. 



An inhabitant of the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts, breeding com- 

 monly along the coast of Texas. 



69. Sterna forsteri Nutt. [685.] Forsler's Tern. 



The most common Tern of the Mississippi Valley, wintering in the 

 South, and breeding from Texas to Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and 

 Manitoba. In 1884 it was noted from Manhattan, Kans., May lj and 

 a Tern, probably of this species, was seen at Oak Point, Manitoba, 

 May 17. 



In 1885 it was seen at Emporia, Kans., April 18 ; and at Heron Lake, 

 Minn., April 21. In the fall of 1885 two birds, young of the year, were 

 seen at Lanesboro, Minn., August 21, and the species was last seen at 

 Heron Lake, October 14. 





