Amar.' N&iroeaUst, Vol.XI, , in the April number, record of the occur¬ 
rence of the Raven and the Sooty Tern (Sterna fuliginosa) at Williams- 
town, Mass. (p. 243), by Sanborn Tenney y 
Occurrence of the Sooty Tern in Massachusetts. — In Mr. Al¬ 
len’s “ Catalogue of the Birds of Massachusetts” we find the Sooty lern 
(Sterna fuliginosa) given, on the authority of Mr. E. A. Samuels, as a 
rare summer visitor to Muskegat Island. But for some reason Dr. Brewer, 
in his recent “ Catalogue of the Birds of New England,” withdraws this 
species from the New England list, and challenges its right to be regarded 
as in any sense a New England bird. I have the pleasure of replacing 
this species by recording the capture of a fine adult male on the Merrimack 
liiver near Lawrence, Mass., on October 29, 1876. I examined the speci¬ 
men at the store of Mr. Charles I. Goodale, taxidermist, who has finely 
preserved it, and it is now in the possession of Mr. A. W. Howland of 
Lawrence. — Ruthven Deane. 
Bull. N,0.0, 2, Jan., 1877. p, J 7 
