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58. Stercorarius pomatorhinus. Pomarine Jaeger. — Two of 
these birds were taken in the bay in December, 1876. 
59. Larus marinus. Great Black-backed Gull. — A regular 
winter visitant ; quite common. 
60. Larus argentatus. Herring Gull. — The most abundant of the 
Gulls in fall, winter, and early spring. 
61. Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. — Most abundant of 
the winter Gulls, after L . argentatus. 
62. Larus atricilla. Laughing Gull. — Common ; breeding. First 
seen about May 1. On June 28 I found them breeding commonly at 
Brigantine Beach, about forty miles south. 
63. Sterna maxima ? Royal Tern. — On August 23 I saw two 
specimens, an old and a young bird, which I can ascribe to no other spe- 
cies than this.[*] I was quite near the birds, but unfortunately had no 
means of procuring them. The bay men tell me that large Terns are 
sometimes abundant the last of September. 
64. Sterna fluviatilis. Common Tern. — Abundant, breeding on 
the islands in the bay and on the salt marshes, but never passing over the 
sand-hills to nest. They arrived May 1 2 in numbers, and by the last of 
that month were breeding. Eggs first seen May 25 ; fully fledged young, 
June 17. Found nests containing eggs as late as the 20th of July. About 
the first of August the old and young birds left the breeding grounds, and 
after that time frequented the ocean beach. Old birds began to moult the 
20th of July. 
65. Sterna forsteri. Forster’s Tern. — Rare. Took a pair 
May 14. 
66. Sterna antillarum. Least Tern. — Abundant. Breeds exclu- 
sively on the ocean beach. First seen May 12. First eggs seen May 28. 
Eggs found as late as July 5. An adult male bird was taken on the 19th 
of July which had nearly completed moulting. By the 25th of August 
these birds had mostly left here. 
67. Hydrochelidon nigra. Short-tailed Tern. — First seen, 
11th June. In a few days became very common. Many of the birds 
were in immature plumage, and all were moulting. About one in ten was 
in the black plumage. The birds remained all summer in large numbers, 
but did not breed at this point, and were still common September 1. 
68. Rhynchops nigra. Black Skimmer. — This is apparently the 
northern limit of the breeding range of this species, and even here they 
are rather rare. I first saw them. the 10th of June, and do not think 
they bred here. But on Brigantine Beach and at Little Egg Harbor 
they are abundant and breed in numbers. 
* [Perhaps Sterna, caspia, which Mr. Henshaw reports, in this number of the 
Bulletin (p. 243), as occurring at Cobb’s Island, off the coast of Virginia. — 
J. A. A.] 
