. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. TERNS 101 Pacific coast of Lower California and Mexico; casual in summer north to Massachusetts, Michigan and Wisconsin; not rare in that season from San Francisco Bay south to western Mexico; winters from central Florida, Louisiana coast and Gulf of Mexico south along Atlantic coast to Patagonia; on Pacific coast from central California to Peru; also on west coast of Africa from Straits of Gibraltar to Angola. Distribution in New England. â Accidental summer visitant in Massachusetts. Records: Nantucket, two birds (a pair) t
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. TERNS 101 Pacific coast of Lower California and Mexico; casual in summer north to Massachusetts, Michigan and Wisconsin; not rare in that season from San Francisco Bay south to western Mexico; winters from central Florida, Louisiana coast and Gulf of Mexico south along Atlantic coast to Patagonia; on Pacific coast from central California to Peru; also on west coast of Africa from Straits of Gibraltar to Angola. Distribution in New England. â Accidental summer visitant in Massachusetts. Records: Nantucket, two birds (a pair) taken by Brewster and Maynard July 1, 1874; â > Chatham, female taken July 29, 1889;2 Ipswich (beach), adult male taken by C. Otto Zerrahn, July 17, Haunts and Habits. The Royal Tern is one of the largest species of the family. In eastern North America it is second in size only to the Caspian Tern which, because of a more deeply forked and longer tail, it nearly equals in length but not in size. This species nests in such massed colonies that in one of the Breton Island Reservations (Loui- siana) Mr. Bent counted 100 nests in a space four yards square. The birds on their nests sat so close together that they could hardly spread their wings without mutual interfer- ence. He says that the full black cap seems to be the courtship plumage, and the white forehead is the prevailing nesting Therefore most of the Royal Terns which wander north in summer may be expected to appear in the latter plumage. The species might be mistaken easily for the Caspian Tern, though it is of lighter and more slender build than the other, while its flight resembles more that of the much smaller Common Tern. It is not improbable that nomadic Royal Terns may reach New England more frequently than records show. Economic Status. See page 95. Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida Cabot. Cabot's Tern. Other name: sandwich tern. Description. â Bill much longer than head, often exceeding combined
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