Annual report . scribes it under thename of Cayenne tern, but evidently confuses it with the Caspian ternwhich he does not mention, for he gives the coast of Labrador as its breedingrange, following Audubons misstatement, and says that Mr Bell receiveda number of specimens from various sections of Long Island. DeKaylikewise confused it with the Caspian tern, his description of S . c a y a n aevidenth referring to that species. Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida (Cabot)Cabot Tern Sterna acuflavida Cabot. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Proc. 1842. 2:257 Sterna cantiaca DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p.303,

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Annual report . scribes it under thename of Cayenne tern, but evidently confuses it with the Caspian ternwhich he does not mention, for he gives the coast of Labrador as its breedingrange, following Audubons misstatement, and says that Mr Bell receiveda number of specimens from various sections of Long Island. DeKaylikewise confused it with the Caspian tern, his description of S . c a y a n aevidenth referring to that species. Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida (Cabot)Cabot Tern Sterna acuflavida Cabot. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Proc. 1842. 2:257 Sterna cantiaca DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p.303, fig. 274 Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida A. O.U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 67 sandvicensis, of Sandwich, Kent; acuflavida, Lat., acus, point, and flavidus, yellowish Distinctive marks. Bill black, tipped with yellow. Like the Royal ternin plumage and proportions, but only slightly larger than the common tern. Length 15-16 inches; extent 34; wing 12.5; tail 6; forked 2.35; bill2.25; depth of bill .48; tarsus i.. Cabot teiTi. Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida (Cabot). From specimen in State Museum. nat. size The Cabot, or Sandwich tern, is an inhabitant of the wanner seacoasts, the American bird being almost identical with the Old World fonn. Ourbird breeds as far north as South Carolina, and has wandered up the coast BIRDS OF NEW YORK 141 to Massachusetts. As a New York species it rests on the record of Lawrence, [Lye. N. Y., Ann. 1866. 8: 299]; and DeKay, page 303, who states thatit has occurred on our coast. Sterna trudeaui AudubonTrudeau Tern Sterna trudeaui Audubon. Ornithological Biographies. 1839. 5: 125, pi. 409 A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. [68] trudeaui, of Dr James Trudeau Distinctive marks. Bill yellow at base and tip with a broad black bandbetween; feet reddish; head white with a narrow slaty black bar on its sidespassing through the eye; the rest of the plumage uniformly pale pearl-color; except the rump, tail, underwings, tips and inner veins of the second-a