(/. II. Merricmi — Birds of Connecticut. 



informs mc that one was shot, October 2'7th, 185 7, by George Meigs, 

 on the Connecticut River, above Hartford. Since writing the above 

 I have twice seen it, on the Sound, in the vicinity of Faulkner's 

 Ishmd, and near New Haven. I am inclined to believe that a few 

 breed on some of the islands oft' our coast. 



281. Oceanites OCeanica (Kuhl.) Cones. Wilson's Petrel. 



Not common ; occiirs oft" tlie coast in summer. Linsley says that 

 he has seen this species " not only in our Sound, but even west 

 of Stratford, and sitting quietly upon the water," and further 

 states that he once caught a specimen "at sea, by floating about two 

 hundred feet of thread in the air, against which it ftew, and thus 

 became entangled and taken."* 



282. Puffinus major Faber. Greater Shearwater. 



Not rare in winter off the coast, but generally keeps outside the 

 Sound. Linsley found it common about Stonington in the southeast 

 corner of the State. In the Museum of Wesleyan University, at 

 Middletown, is the head of a bird of this species which is said to 

 have been killed at Granby, Conn. 



Family, COLYMBID^. 



283. ColymbuS torquatUS Brnnn. Loon; Great Northern Diver. 



A tolerably common winter resident. Arrives from the North in 

 October, remaining till April or May (April 29, 1876, Osborne). I 

 have a beautiful specimen killed at Branford, Conn., April 23d, 1875, 

 and presented to me by Dr. Wm. H. Hotchkiss. It has been known 

 to breed on a pond at Easthampton, Conn. (W. G. Buell). 



284. Colym.buS septentrionalis Linne. Red-throated Diver. 



A common winter resident. Arrives from the North in October, 

 remaining till May, and Mr. Nichols informs me that he saw one as 

 late as June 2d (1877). Frequently killed by gunners while duck- 

 shooting on the Sound, but, as Cai^tain Bi-ooks writes, " you seldom 

 ofet one with the red throat." 



* Am. Jonr. Sei. Arts, vol. xliv, No. 2, . 272, April, 1843. 



