266 
Storna hirundo. 
1874. 
(July 7)^ young bird to-day. A marked change has taken place in 
this colony since my last visit in 1870, ar,d the number 
of birds at present breeding on the island does not ex¬ 
ceed five per cent of that found then. (Nantucket). 
20 . 
1875^ 
About six pair breeding on Green Islands Maine; 
they were very shy (see observations under Arctic Tern) 
Sept,21. 
Oct 
2 . 
1876, 
May 16, 
A flock of forty or fifty huddled close together on 
a sand bar, many lying dovUi, a fev^ floating in the shallo 
Y/ater v/ashing themselves. when standing the body is 
exactly horizontal and the bill nearly so, I shot a num¬ 
ber, most of them young vrhich v;ore in the proportion to 
about one to three adults. Their note is similar to 
that of the adult but shriller and more querulous. They 
follo/7ed their parents about , squeaking loudly for food 
(Nantucket), 
Swarms of them ay Smith’s Point, at least five hun¬ 
dred being seen in one flock. (Nantucket). 
Large numbers at Smith^ts point. Shot a young bird 
barely able to fly. The habit of carrying fish about in 
the bill, is a veru general one; I saw both young and 
old going it to-day. (Nantucket.). 
On Smith’s Island thousands of Terns v/-ere sitting 
along the vmter’s edge. Every now and then they would 
rise altogether, in a great sn owy cloud and after a 
few whells settle again (Nantucket), 
Numerous on the Vineyard Sound betv^een Nantucket 
and Wood’s Holl. 
Shot a pair perched on the poles of some v/ires 
They are the first that have been seen here (Chatham,Mass. 
1868. 
Aug. 29. 
1871. 
July 28, 
■By.Q Be^^ch, New Hampshire . 
Saw one to-day, and numbers a few days later flying 
south over the ocean vath I,ar_u^ Philadelphia . on 
stormy days they often passed through the Eel Pond marsh 
One seen on the Eel Pond. 
are vary abundant a mile or more off shore, 
oartlls rarilJ loose flocks-and small 
parties, rarely pausing or turning aside to feed. 
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