No. 20.] THE BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT. 



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1901, New Haven (C. A. Dorman) ; Dec, 1901, Still River, Litch- 

 field County (H. K. J.) ; Dec, 1907, Twin Lakes (C. S. Phelps). 1 



According to C. K. A. 2 this species occurred in great numbers 

 along the Connecticut coast during the winter of 1890-1. Hoyt 

 (Stamford) reported them plentiful there from Dec. 20 to Feb. 10 

 of that winter, he himself seeing fourteen. At that same time 

 D. C. Sanford reported " thousands of them " in the vicinity of 

 the mouth of the Saugatuck River. 



The Murre taken by Capt. Brooks near Faulkner's Island 

 " about eight years ago " and recorded by Dr. Merriam as Una 

 troile is a bird of this species. 3 



This species was not recorded in Linsley's or Merriam's list. 



Alca torda Linnaeus. Razor-billed Auk. 



The only Connecticut reference to this species is by Merriam, 

 who merely states that it is " a rare winter visitor in the Sound ". 3 



Specimens have since been recorded from points farther south 

 (Cobb's Island and Norfolk, Va.). 



Subfamily Allin^e. Dovekies. 



Alle alle (Linnaeus). Dovekie. Little Auk. 



A rare winter visitant on the coast. Very rare inland. 



Coast records. Nov. 25, 1874, Saybrook, picked up on beach 

 after a severe storm (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Nov. 26, 1877, Morris 

 Cove, New Haven (in Peabody Museum) ; Oct., 1879, two > Guil- 

 ford (in Peabody Museum) ; Jan. 15, 1891, Stony Creek (in coll. 

 of J. H. S.) ; Feb. 16, 1894, Stony Creek (in coll. of Mr. Porter) ; 

 c. Dec 10, 1893, Stonington. 4 



Inland records. Nov. 10, 1849, Portland (Wood) ; 3 Nov., 

 1871, Middletown (G. B. Goode) ; 3 Sept., 1874, Wallingford (W. 

 F. Lane) ; 3 Dec. 7, 1877, Portland (W. W. C.) ; Nov. 23, 1878, 

 Pomfret, blown inland during severe gale (in coll. of C. M. 

 Jones) 



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•Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 289. 

 2 C K. Averill, Auk, viii, 3, pp. 307-8. 

 * Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 138. 

 *N. Y. Tribune, Dec. 10, 1893. 

 5 0. and O., viii, 4, p. 32. 



