22 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LONGIPENNES. 



RYNCHOPIDAE. 



41. Rynchops 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 A-isitor: Matinicus Id.; off Saco, 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 16-Aug. 19. 



Conn. — Accidental visitor: Stonington (Linsley). 



TUBINARES. 



PROCELLARIIDAE. 



42. FuLMARUS GLACiALis (Linne) Stephens. 



Fulmar; Marbleheader; Noddy; Oil-bird. 

 Procellaria glaciali-s Linne, Fauna Suec, ed. 2, 1701, ]). 51. 



"iX MARI SEPTENTR. INTRA CIRCULU-M 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 A-isitor offshore: "coast of Maine," March, 

 1879. 



Mass.^ Rare fall and winter \nsitor offshore: Georges Bank. 

 Oct. 28-winter. 



