no. L727. BIRDS OF THE 1906 " VLB iTROSS " CRUISE- < I, \.RK. 29 



Suborder CEPPHI. 



Family (iAVIID.K. 



GAVIA PACIFICA (Lawrence). 

 PACIFIC LOON. 



Common off the mouth of the Columbia River, and again in Pugel 

 Sound as far as Port Townsend. Several were seen at Union Bay. 

 Vancouver Island, and in the passage between Vancouver Island and 

 the mainland, especially about the head of Georgia Gulf, where they 

 were common. A single bird of this species was seen on one of the 

 lakes on Agattu, and two near the beach at Simushir, in the Kurils. 



GAVIA ARCTICA (Linnaeus). 

 BLACK-THROATED LOON. 



A single example of this species was seen flying over the sand bar 

 separating the large pond from the sea behind the town of Petro- 

 paulski, Kamchatka. 



GAVIA STELLATA (Pontoppidan). 

 RED-THROATED LOON. 



Seen at sea off the mouth of the Columbia River, and in Puget 

 Sound, hut not met with past Port Townsend. A pair was observed 

 near the shore at Agattu. a single bird at Atka, and a pair on a small 

 pond on Bering Island. 



Family XLCAD2E. 



Sribfainily FRATEBCULIN^. 



LUNDA CIRRHATA Pallas. 



TUFTED PUFFIN. TOPOROK. ETUBIRGA. STUPIRK. 



We first met with the Tufted Puffin the day after leaving San 

 Francisco, when two were observed at sea; after that they became 

 rather more common, occasional individuals, pairs, or small com- 

 panies of three or four being seen all the way up to Puget Sound, 

 except on the morning of May 8, at which time we were oil' the mouth 

 <>f the Columbia River. In the Sound they were very common, 

 usually in pairs, until the vicinity of Port Townsend was reached, 

 after which none were seen until we passed Port Townsend again 

 going north. In the passage between Vancouver Island and the 

 mainland none were met with; but soon after we reached the open 

 sea they reappeared, though in small numbers, and were observed 

 continuously until we reached the Aleutian chain, becoming gradually 

 more common as we approached Unalaska, being especially abundant 

 in Unalga Pass, between Akutan and Unalaska. All about the shores 

 of Unalaska and the neighboring islands, and everywhere we went 

 in Bering Sea, they were common. On May 28 we visited tin 1 Bogos- 



