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32. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gtnel.). Black 



Tern. (77.) — A species of the interior, breeding from Kansas and 

 Illinois to Alaska. Occurs on the Atlantic coast as an irregular 

 migrant, sometimes in considerable numbers. 



Family RYNCHOPID^E. -Skimmers. 



S3- Rynchops nigra .£/////. Black Skimmer. (80.) — A southern 

 species, not breeding north of southern New Jersey, but occasion- 

 ally wandering up the coast after the breeding season. There are 

 a number of records of its occurence during the summer on Long 

 Island. 



Order TUBINARES. Tube-nosed 

 Swimmers. 



Family PROCELLARIID^E -Fulmars and Shearwaters. 



34. Fulmarus glacialis {Linn). Fulmar. (86.) — An Arctic 

 species which sometimes wanders southward to Massachusetts. 

 One was found in an exhausted condition at Ridgewood, New Jersey, 

 December, 1892, after a storm [Hales, Orn. and Ool. , XVII, 1892, 



P- 39)- 



35. Puffinus borealis Cory. Cory's Shearwater. (88.) — A 

 pelagic species, sometimes not uncommon off our coasts from August 

 to November. It has been recorded from Amagansett, Long Is- 

 land (Z>uU/ier, Auk, V, 1888, p. 5), to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 

 but doubtless occurs along our coast to the southward. 



36. Puffinus major Faber. Greater Shearwater. (89.) — 

 A pelagic species, found on the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Horn to 

 Greenland. Its breeding place is unknown. It appears off our 

 coasts in early June, and is irregularly common until November. 



37. Puffinus auduboni Finsch. Audubon's Shearwater. 

 (92 ) — A southern species, breeding in the Bahamas and Bermudas, 

 and rarely wandering northward to Long Island {Dutcher, Auk, V, 

 1888, p. 173). 



38. Puffinus stricklandi Ridgw. Sooty Shearwater. (94.) 

 — Known from the North Atlantic southward to South Carolina. 

 It is found off our coasts associated with the Greater Shearwater, 

 but is much less common. 



