218 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



Traverse Co." ( Dr. M. L. Leach ); " neste have been found in Washtenaw Co. on musk- 

 rat houses about marshy lakes " (L. W. Watkins ); common on Lake Erie and Raisin 

 River (Jerome Trombley ); "tolerably common on Saginaw Bay where numbers are 

 taken in the numerous fish nets, especially in the spring, observed on Lake Huron off 

 Sand Beach '' ( N. A. Eddy); "quite common at Port Sanilac in May to July 15. I 

 took eleven this spring which are mounted and in my collection. They get in the trap 

 nets set for fish^and as they cannot rise over them they fall an easy prey " (W. A. Old- 

 field ); "Mackmac Island"' (S.E.White); "common at Iron Mountain" ( E. E. 

 Brewster); ''Keweenaw Point" ( Kneeland); "common migrant at Albion, and breeds 

 commonly at Palmer, Marquette Co." ( O. B. Warren); breeds plenteously ; nests in 

 May, m marshes, on large masses of grass, sedges, etc.; eggs two, very rarely three; 

 elongate, olive brown or drab, spotted with darker, often almost black markings ; seen 

 in winter ; " will carry their young on their backs, even when flying from one lake to 

 another for two miles" ( A. H. Whitehead). Dr. Atkins took several of these birds 

 in March and April. I have taken them, or seen them in nearly all seasons of the 

 year. 



6-9-(842). Urliiator arcticns (Linn.). Black-throated Loon ; Black-throated 

 Diver. 



Exceedingly rare ; Lake Michigan ; winter ; " occasionally on Lake Michigan " 

 ( Gibbs' Birds of Michigan ); " Upper Peninsula " ( A. H. Boies); " Keweenaw Point " 

 ( Kneeland ). 



7-1 1-( 84-I-). rrinator liimme ( Gunn.). Red-throated Loon ; Red-thoated Diver 



Rather common ; '• throughout the state, have taken several alive on snow in winter "^ 

 (A. H. Boies); winter ; migrates north in spring ; found on lakes and rivers in all parts 

 of the state ; ''almost a yearly visitor in Kalamazoo Co." ( Dr. M. Gibbs); " Keweenaw 

 Point" (Kneeland); "found breeding at Green Bay, Wisconsin" (Prof. Ludwig 

 Kumlein); ''breeds in arctic regions" (Dr. A. K. Fisher). 



Family ALCID^. The Auks. 



These curious water birds are specially marine and it is doubtful if they belong to 

 our fauna ; if ever seen here they are undoubtedly wanderers. 



Genus FRATERC'ULA. Bbiss. 



8-13-(So4). Fratercula arctica (Linn.). Common Puffin. 



" Rare straggler " (^tiibbs' Birds of Michigan); "have never heard of one on Lake 

 Superior" (C. S. Osborn ). I think this of doubtful occurrence in Michigan. 



Genus SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS Brandt. 



9-21-(S()4). Syntliliboraniphiis autiquns ( GmeZ.). Ancient Mukkelkt ; Bl.\ck- 

 Murkelkt. 



Prof. Ludwig Kumlein writes me that he has taken one specimen at Lake Koshko- 

 nong, Wisconsin, and one on Lake Michigan. One was shot late in October by Rev. 

 G. E. Gordon on Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin ( Geo. B. Sennett in the Auk for 

 January, 1884). Coues says one straggler taken in Wisconsin. 



