sterna maxima 
260 
1874. 
July- 1, Shot a pair in the harbor. They v/’ore in com¬ 
pany with Roseate Torn for which v/e mistook them* The 
The female had evidently just finished laying and had 
the incubating spot on the breast v/'oll-doyeloped 
Their notes seemed similar to those of the Roseate Tern, 
Both birds fell wounded and bit fiercely yrhen seized 
raising the long occipital feathers into a crest. 
They had black tarsi and webs, the under surface of the 
latter mottled v;ith yellow. (Nantucket. ), 
