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Family TESTUDINID^E. 



Malaclemmys centrata concentrica (Shaw). Dia- 

 mond-back terrapin (northern variety). 

 A. Allen, 1870, p. 260 (Malacoclemmys palus- 

 tris); True, 1884, p. 156 (Malacoclemmys palus- 

 iris); Bangs, 1896, p. 159 (Malaclemmys terra- 

 pin); Henshaw, 1904, p. 3 (Malacockmmys ter- 

 rapin); Hay, 1905, pp. 1-9. 



Nantucket (?) and New Bedford. Allen, True. 

 Wareham. Allen. Buzzards Bay. Bangs, 

 Hay. Wareham River, common; Acushnet 

 River, near New Bedford, occasional; may be 



Malaclemmys centrata concentrica Continued. 



taken seining. V. N. Edwards. A fair-sized 

 specimen taken in Wareham River by Dr. E. 

 D. Congdon in 1908. 



Bangs states that prior to 1895, or thereabouts, 

 this tortoise was "common in the creeks and 

 salt marshes of Buzzards Bay," it being "no 

 unusual sight to see six or eight fine terrapin 

 sunning themselves on a single rock." The 

 animal has become comparatively scarce, 

 however, owing to its being caught for the 

 market. 



Class AVES. 



Family COLYMBID^E. 



Colymbus holboellii (Reinhardt). Holboll's grebe. 



Howe and Allen, 1901, p. 20. 



Bristol County, probably an uncommon winter 

 visitant; Nantucket, rare. H. & A. Vicin- 

 ity of Woods Hole, fairly common as a win- 

 ter resident; most abundant in November. 

 Edwards. Male and female specimens in Mr. 

 Edwards's collection dated December i and 

 December 21, 1890. 



Colymbus auritus Linnaeus. Horned grebe. 



Howe and Allen, 1901, p. 20. 



Bristol County, common winter visitant to coast; 

 Nantucket, common. H. & A. Vicinity of 

 Woods Hole, common as a winter resident; 

 present from November till May. Edwards. 

 Male and female specimens in Mr. Edwards's 

 collection dated December i and December 

 12, 1890. 



Podilymbuspodiceps(Linneeus). Pied-billed grebe. 



Howe and Allen, 1901, p. 20. 



Bristol County, rather uncommon transient visi- 

 tor. H. & A. Woods Hole. V. N. Edwards, 

 L- Jones, I. A. Field. Present from fall till 

 May. Edwards. Male specimens in Mr. Ed- 

 wards's collection dated November 12 and De- 

 cember 6, 1902, (former shot in the Eel Pond). 



Family GAVIID^. 



Gavia immer (Briinnich). Loon. 



Howe and Allen, 1901, p. 21. 



Of general distribution throughout the region; 

 very common in winter, less so in summer. 

 Living birds occasionally taken in the fish- 

 traps and kept in the "shark pool" of the 

 Woods Hole station, where they speedily be- 

 come very tame . Specimens in Mr. Edwards's 

 collection dated March 17, 1888, and January 

 14, 1893. 



Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan). Red-throated loon. 

 . Howe and Allen, 1901, p. 21. 



Bristol County, uncommon winter visitor along 

 coast; Nantucket, common. H. & A. Vine- 

 yard Sound, in summer. L.Jones, I. A. Field. 

 Common locally as a migrant, but not common 

 in winter. Edwards. Specimens of both sexes 

 in Mr. Edwards's collection dated February 

 28, and March 27, 1889, and April 10, 1894. 



Family ALCID/E. 



Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus). Puffin. 



Woods Hole, rare. Edwards. Specimens in 

 Mr. Edwards's collection dated January 18, 

 1902, and January, 1904. 



Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus). Black guillemot. 

 Howe and Allen, 1901, p. 24. 



Nantucket, scarce. H. & A. Woods Hole and 

 Hadley Harbor, in winter, rare. Edwards. 

 Specimens in Mr. Edwards's collection dated 

 February 10, 1891 (both sexes), December 19, 

 1898 (male). 



Uria lomvia (Linnaeus). Briinnich 's murre. 

 Howe and Allen, 1901, p. 24. 



Bristol County, a winter visitor; Nantucket, 

 common. H. & A. Woods Hole, in winter, 

 common. Edwards. Specimens in Mr. Ed- 

 wards's collection dated January 18, 1890, and 

 December 21, 1891 (both sexes). 



Alca torda Linnaeus. Razor-billed auk. 



Howe and Allen, 1901, p. 23. 



Nantucket, scarce. H. & A. Woods Hole, 

 usually common in winter; abundant during 

 season of 1908-9. Edwards. Specimen in 

 Mr. Edwards's collection dated December 12, 

 1889, and December 21, 1898 (both sexes). 



