Birds of Bristol Coungy ,Mass. 
F»W. Andros. 
Sterna antillarum (Less.), Least Tern. Sum¬ 
mer resident, tolerably common. Breeds. 
O.&O. XII, Sept, 1887 p.138 
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A Supposed New Colony of Least Terns on Marthas Vineyard.—In 
July, 1901, while on a visit to Katama Bay and the eastern end of Marthas 
Vineyard with a collecting party from the U. S. Fish Commission Station 
at Woods Hole, I found a young Least Tern ( Sterna antillarum') running 
on the shore near a marsh}’ strip on the edge of the bay. An inspection 
of the marsh showed it to be a breeding place for this species, as a number 
of eggs were observed in a hasty examination, although it appeared that 
most of the eggs must have hatched. Several adults came within close 
range of the collecting party seining on the shore. On each of several 
other visits to the bay in July, August and September, a few Least Terns 
were noticed, but it was not until about the first of October that the birds 
were observed in flocks and some idea could be formed of their number. 
Two separate flocks were found on the beach one day, and it was the esti¬ 
mate of Mr. V. N. Edwards, of the Fish Commission, and myself that each 
flock contained about 500 old and young birds. 
I have been visiting Katama Bay in summer and fall for three or four 
years, and have not previously observed Least Terns there. Mr. Edwards, 
who has been very familiar with the region for more than thirty years and 
knows the birds very intimately, does not remember to have found the 
birds in such numbers before. — Hugh M. Smith, Washington , D. C. 
Auk, XIX, Jan., 1902, p-7 6 
Auk, XIV, Oct., 1897, o.y 
The Least Tern Breeding on Martha’s Vineyard Island, Massachu¬ 
setts.— On July 21-22, 1897, while on a walking trip along the south beach 
of Martha’s Vineyard Island, Mass., I found a few pairs of Least Tern 
(Sterna antillarum) undoubtedly breeding near Job’s Neck Pond, and a 
small colony of about fifty birds breeding near Black Point and Chilmark 
Ponds. An egg was found, but as Piping Plovers {MZgialitis meloda) 
were also on the beach the identification is not positive. A fair number, 
however, of young birds were in the air.— Reginald Heber Howe, Jr., 
Longwood, Mass. 
Stoma antillarum . 
The Terns of Muskeget Island, Massachusetts. 
Part 111. 
By George H.Mackay. 
Auh, XIV,“ Oct.,1897, pp383-390. 
See under Sterna hirundo . 
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