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winter months. {Fannin.) Several were seen in the Hecate 

 strait a few miles off the mouth of Cumshewa inlet, Queen 

 Charlotte islands, July i'2th, 1899. They were apparently direct- 

 ing their course for the Skedans islands at the mouth of the 

 inlet, where they probably breed. {Osgood.) 



31. Brunuich Murre. Thick-billed Guillemot. 



[/ria /oniz'/a {Li's^i.) Bryant. 1861. 



Abundant in the Bay of Fundy during winter. {C7iamber/am.) 

 Quite common along the coast of Newfoundland. {Reeks.) 

 Doubtless the commonest bird on the Greenland coast, but said 

 not to breed farther south than Lat. 64° N. {Ara. Man.) Plenti- 

 ful on the eastern and southern shores of Labrador, where it 

 resides and breeds. {Packard.) Common everywhere in the north 

 where the coasts are sufficiently high to afford nesting places. 

 Not common in the northwest part of Hudson bay, owing to the 

 low shores. Seen in numbers at the mouth of Fox channel and 

 in Hudson strait. Plentiful on the Greenland coast as far north 

 as Smith sound. Common along Ellsemere and North Devon 

 and southward along east coast of Bafifin. Breeds in great num- 

 bers at Cape VVolstenholme, Digge island and other places in 

 Hudson strait. Remains in the open* water of Hudson bay 

 throughout the winter, numbers having been killed at that time 

 at Fullerton. {A. P. Low.) Most common in the neighborhood 

 of Cobourg island where it certainly nests ; otherwise not often 

 seen about FLllsemere island. {£. Bay.) Breeds abundantly on 

 Great Bird rock, Magdalen islands. (Bts/iop.) This guillemot 

 frequents the most remote arctic American seas that have been 

 visited, Greenland and Hudson bay, and goes south in winter. 

 {Richardson) From Resolution island to Grinnell bay and Fro- 

 bisher strait they are common, even as far as the mouth of 

 Cumberland gulf, but apparently rare in its waters. There are 

 large breeding places about capes Mercy and Walshingham ; the 

 largest " rookery " being on the Padlic islands in Exeter sound. 

 [Ku me lilt) 



A bird that has become plentiful the last few years in places 

 between Kingston and Brockville. They usually appear in the 

 month of December, and as thev are verv tame and come almost 



