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the Great Bird rock, Bryon island and Entry island, Magdalen 

 islands, Gulf of St. Lawrence. {Bishop.) Common along the 

 St. Lawrence at Kamouraska, Que. {Dmme.) Common from the 

 middle Labrador coast to Frobisher strait ; they are not found 

 in Cumberland gulf, but are by no means rare on the west coast 

 of Greenland. {Kumelifi.) 



The first notice we have of the occurrence ot this species in 

 Ontario is in the published proceedings of the Canadian Institute. 

 The specimen there recorded was taken on December loth, 1889 ; 

 a second specimen was taken near the west end of Lake Ontario 

 in November, 1871, and Mr. J. H. Fleming mentions another as 

 having been taken near Hamilton, Out. 



Breeding Notes. — This species breeds abundantly at Gannet 

 islands, coast of Labrador. Mr. Dick collected a number of eggs 

 for me on July 2nd, 1895. Like the common murre, this bird lays 

 its Qgg on a ledge of the sea-cliff. This species, like the black or 

 pigeon guillemot, sometimes lays two eggs, but one is the usual 

 number. (Raine.) 



XVL PLAUTUS Brunnich. 1772. 



33. Great Auk. 



Plauttts intpcfuiis (Lm^.) Steenstr. 1855. 



hormerly very abundant around Newfoundland, but now extinct. 

 Last living specimen seen in 1852 ; a dead specimen picked up in 

 Trinity bay, 1853. {Reeks.) First discovered in Greenland in 

 1574. {Arct. Man.) 



XVIL ALLE Link. 1806. 



34. Dovekie. Little Auk. 



Alle alle (Linn.) Stejn. 1885. 



Winter resident at Grand Manan. N.B. {Chamberlain^ Yo\- 

 merly common but now rare along Nova Scotia. {Dozinis.) A 

 very common periodical migrant in October along the Newfound- 

 land coast. {Reeks.) Common in Hudson strait ; occurs plenti- 

 fully along the eastern coast of Labrador. {Packard.) Said to 

 breed no further south in Greenland than Lat.68° N. ; common in 



