. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . thers are at least 3 inchesshorter than the outer; culmen, to 62 MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. 23. Arctic Tern. Sterna paradisaea Brunn. (71) Synonyms: Sea Swallow, Common Tern.—Sterna macroura, Namn., 1819, Lawr.,1858, Baird, 1859, Coues, 1872, etc.—Sterna arctica, Temm., 1820, Nutt., 1834, Aud., 1835. Figure 7. The adult in summer may be known by its e
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . thers are at least 3 inchesshorter than the outer; culmen, to 62 MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. 23. Arctic Tern. Sterna paradisaea Brunn. (71) Synonyms: Sea Swallow, Common Tern.—Sterna macroura, Namn., 1819, Lawr.,1858, Baird, 1859, Coues, 1872, etc.—Sterna arctica, Temm., 1820, Nutt., 1834, Aud., 1835. Figure 7. The adult in summer may be known by its entirely red bill, but in otherrespects is so like the Common Tern that it cannot be separated exceptby careful examination. Distribution.^—Northern Hemisphere; in North America breeding fromMassachusetts to the Arctic regions, and wintering southward to Virginiaand California. This is the most northern member of the genus and is known to nest inthe Arctic regions almost as far toward the pole as man has gone. It hasbeen recorded from regions both sides of Michigan, and there is no reasonwhy it should not occur here in some numbers during migrations. It isso similar, however, to the Common Tern that it is very readily Fig. 7. Arctic Tern. Natural Coues Key to North American Birds, 5th ed. Dana Estes & Co. The sole record for the state so far as we know is that of Mr. A. B. Covertof Ann Arbor, who states that he secured a male bird at Monroe, Mich.,April 9, 1875. Kumlien & Hollister in the Birds of Wisconsin (page13) say A somewhat irregular migrant, at times fairly common, andagain quite the opposite. We have taken it nesting in Green Bay, 1879,and in June, 1891 procured a set of eggs, the parent shot over the nest,at Lake Koshkonong. On the New England coast where the bird nests abundantly, it does notdiffer in habits from the Common Tern except that it seems to be unusuallyfond of its own society and is seldom found mingling with other speciesof te
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