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Least Tern (Sterna antiUariiin) . Formerly a common summer resident 

 in suitable places on the coasts in this vicinity, but now occurs only as a rare 

 migrant. 



Sooty Tern (Slcnui ftiliginosa). 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). a'ld 

 Highland Falls. X. Y. (Mearns, Bull. Essex. Inst. XII. 1879. 87). 



Black Tern (Hydrochelidoit nigra suriiianwnsis) . A species cf tb.e 

 interior, breeding from Kansas and Illinois to Alaska. Occurs on the Atlantic 

 cc^ast as an irregular migrant, usually in the fall, sometimes in considerable 



numbers. 



Fig. 2. Terx. 



F.\MiLv RYXCHOPID.I£. Skimmers. 



Black Skimmer (Rynchops nigra). A southern species, not breeding 

 north of Maryland, but occasionally wanderir.g up the coast after the breed- 

 ing season. There are several records of its occurrence on Long Island dur- 

 ing the summer. 



Order TUBINARES. Tl'be-xosed Swimmers. 



F.\MiLY PROCELLARIID^'E. Fulm.\r5 axd She.\r\v.\ters. 



Fulmar (Fulniarus glacialis). An arctic species which sometimes 

 wanders southward to Massachusetts. One was found in an exhausted con- 

 dition at Ridgewood, New Jersey, December, 1892, after a storm (Hales, Orn. 

 and 061., XVII, 1892. p. 39). 



Cory's Shearwater (Puffinus borealis). A pelagic species, sometimes 

 not uncommon off our coasts from August to November. It has been 

 recorded from Amagansett (Dutcher, Auk, V, 1888, p. 5). to Cape Ccd, Mas- 

 sachusetts, but doubtless occurs along our coast to the southward. Braislin 

 records two specimens shot off Fire Island Inlet. October 4. 1902 (A»k. XXI, 

 1004. p. 287). 



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