275 
1867* 
Aug, 30, 
Stereorarius parasiticus, 
Ono chased a Tern, forcing it to drop a fish that 
it had just caught(Salisbory BeachnMass,), 
1876, 
May 6. 
One (Shatham, Mass.). 
“ 17. 
1 
Five or six at Chatham, The gunners here call them 
“Sea Hens* and also “Geedy Hav/ks", the latter probably 
a corruption of »Giddy Hawk*. They usually together 
in pairs. The flight is different from that of a Gull’s 
the wing strokes quicker and firmer, while the bird 
open sails in circles like a Hawk. We repeatedly saw 
j them pick up food from the v/ater, when they drop their 
feet and in r-e&peet- other respects perform the acticn 
pecisely in the manner of a gull. They were perfect¬ 
ly silent. The gunners say that they can be readily 
caught v/ith a hook and line (G .atham, Mass. ). 
