22 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LONGIPENNES. 



RYNCHOPIDAE. 



41. Ryxchops nigra Linne. 



Black skimmer; Cut-water; Scissor-bill; Sea-crow; Sea-dog; 

 Razor-bill. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 138. "America. 

 Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 67, pi. 428. 

 Seacoasts; nests on sandy shores. 



Me. Accidental visitor: Matinicus Id.; off Saeo, Aug. 31, 

 1879; Washington Co.; Wells Bay. 



Mass. Occasional summer visitor coastwise, said to have 

 bred about 1830 at Muskeget Id.; casual inland (Springfield). 

 July 10 Aug. 19. 



Coxx. Accidental visitor: Stonington (Linsley). 



TOBINARES. 



PROCELLARIIDAE. 



42. Fulmarus glacialis (Linne) Stephens. 



Fulmar; Marbleheader; Noddy; Oil-bird. 



Procellaria glacialis Linne, Fauna Suec, ed. 2, 1761, p. 51. 

 "in mari septextr. ixtra circtjlum arcticum." Audubon, 

 Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 204, pi. 455. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, 

 p. 73, pi. 20, fig. 5. 



Mainly pelagic; nests in shallow burrows or on cliffs. 



Me. Rare winter visitor offshore: "coast of Maine," March, 

 1879. 



Mass. Rare fall and winter visitor offshore: Georges Bank. 

 Oct. 28-winter. 



