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soon effect its complete extinction. (Since the above was written, 

 through the efforts of a number of bird-lovers who raised a sum 

 of money for the purpose, permission has been obtained from the 

 Lighthouse Board to have the lisfhtkeeper on Little Gull Island 

 appointed a special game-keeper whose duty it shall be to protect 

 the Terns on Big Gull Island.) 



Fig. 2. Tern. 



29. Sterna dougalli Montag. Roseate Tern. (72.)— " Tem- 

 perate and tropical regions". In North America formerly breed- 

 ing along the Atlantic coast northward irregularly to Maine ; now 

 rare north of southern New Jersey. A few pairs live on Big Gull 

 Island with the colony of Common Terns above mentioned. 



The Arctic Tern {Sterna paradiscea) is included by Lawrence 

 without remark. I know of no record of its occurrence near New 

 York City, and Mr. Dutcher has but one specimen from Long Is- 

 land, a male taken on Ram Island Shoals, July 1, 1884. 



30 Sterna antillarum {.Less.). Least Tern. (74. — Northern 

 South America, northward to California, Dakota, and Massachu- 

 setts, breeding locally throughout its range. Formerly a common 

 summer resident in suitable places on the coasts in this vicinity, 

 but now occurs only as a rare migrant. 



31. Sterna fuliginosa Gmel. Sooty Tern. (75.) — A southern 

 species, not breeding north of North Carolina, but occasionally 

 straying farther up the coast. It has been recorded from Lake 

 Ronkonkoma, L. I. {Dutcher, Auk, III, 1886, p. 433), and Highland 

 Falls, N. Y. {Meams, Bull. Essex. Inst., XII, 1879, 87). 



