il-1'iYj On August 12, 1889, when I drove to Hummock Pond I secured 
Though I have 
the Black Terns which I sent you today by expre 
often seen them here, I have never met with any so black before. 
The younger birds which are more abundant come every summer, 
neorge H. Mackay, letter of August 12, 1889. 
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Black Tern, (Ht/dffichelidon lariformis ), is given in N. E. 
Bird Life as a rare but regular migrant in spring and fall, 
I found them common at Muskeget and Tuckernuck islands 
during August and the first week in September, 1884. I 
know of as many as seven being taken in one day. I saw 
quite a number in bunches of from three to six flying 
around and over Muskeget, where they roost with the other 
Terns. Most of the specimens taken were young. — 7. C. 
Cahoon, Taunton , Mass. Q # &Q, IXiP6Q«1884 t p» tS"!• 
Hydroehelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.), j 
Black Tern. Migrant, not common. 
O.&O. XII. Sept. 1887 p.138 
