8 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PYGOPODES. CEPPHI. 



ALCIDAE. 



Me.. X. H.. ^NIass. — Formerly a winter A-isitor coast^-ise. 

 R. I., Coxx. — Probably occurred formerly as a winter \-isitoi 

 coast^vise (bones in shell heaps at Block Id., R. I.). 



14. Alle alle (Linne) Stejneger. 



Dovekie; Ice-bird; Kaotty; Little auk; Pine-knotty; Rotche; 

 Sea dove. 



AIca alle Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, IToS, vol. 1. p. 131. "ix 

 EuROPAE, Americae arcticae oce.\xo." 



Mergulus alle Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 257, pi. 469. Egg, Seebohm. 1S96, p. 95, pi. 26, fig. 3. 



Rocky coasts; nests on ledges or in cre\ices of sea cliffs. 



Me. — Uncommon winter \-isitor coastwise, casual inland; 

 Late Xov.-!Mar. 15. 



X. H.— Uncommon winter ^-isilo^ coast^-ise; casual inland. 



Vt. — Accidental winter \-isitor. 



Mass. — Uncommon winter \-isitor, coast^nse; casual inland. 

 (Sept.) Xov. 4-May 1. 



R. I. — Rare and irregular "v\-inter \isitor coastwise; casual in- 

 land. Xov. 14- April 27. 



Cox'X. — Rare and irregular winter \isitor coastwise; casual 

 inland. (Sept.) X'ov. 10. 



LONGIPENNES. 



STERCORARIIDAE. 



15. Megale.stris SKrA (Briinnich) Ridg^vay. 



Skua; Great Skua; Sea-hen. 

 Catharacfa skiia Briinn.. Ornith. borealis, 1764. p. 33. "e 



FeROA & ISL.VXDIA."' 



Megalestris catarrhacies (Linne). Saunders, Cat. birds Brit- 

 ish mus., 1896, vol. 25, p. 315. 



