286 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



Eider Dacli, [F, mollisima.) Abundant in winter; breeds north. 



Golden-eye Duck, {F. clangula.) Abundant in winter. 



Buffle-headed Duck, {F. albeola.) Common ; breeds north. 



Long-tailed Duck, (F. glaclalis.) Abundant in winter. 



Harlequin Duck, {F. histrionica.) Common in winter. 



*King Eider Duck, {F. spectabilis.) Has been seen here ; very rare. 



Goosander, {Mergus merganser.) Common ; resident ; breeds on 

 the lakes.— (? J. E. W.) 



Red-breasted Merganser, (1/. serrator.) Common, resident ; breeds 

 on the lakes. 



Hooded Merganser, (71/. cucuUatus.) Very rare. 



Common Gannet, (Sula bassana,) Common of the coast. 



Common Tern, (Sterna hirundo.) Abundant ; breeds here. 



Bonaparte's Gull, (Larus honapartii.) Not uncommon in autumn. 



Black-headed Gull, [L. atricilla.) Rather rare. 



Kittiwake Gull, (L. tridaciylus.) Very common. 



Herring Gull, (L. argentafus.) Common. 



*Common American Gull, (L. zonorhynclms.) 



Black-backed Gull, (L. marinus.) Common ; breeds in Labrador » 



Mother Cary's Chicken, {Tlialassidroma pelagica.) Common off the 

 coast. 



Least Petrel, [T. loilsonii.) 



Common Puffin, (31ormon arcfAca.) 



Little Auk, {Mergulus alle.) Rather rare. 



Razor-bill, (Alaa torda.) 



Common Guillemot, {Uria iroile.) 



White-winged Guillemot, {U. grylle.) 



Great Northern Diver, {Colymhus glacialis.) Common ; resident. 



*Red-throated Diver, (C. septentrionalis.) Very rare. 



Red-necked Grebe, (Podiceps ruhricollis.) Common in winter. 



Pied-billed Grebe, {P. OaroUnensis.) Very rare here. 



*Cormorant, (Phalacrocorax carbo.) 



'''Wandering Shearwater, {Puffinus cinereus.) 



American Ovster-catcher, {Hoemaiopus palliatus.) Has been seen 

 here, (doubtful I think, J. R. W.) 



LIST OF BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



BY LIEUT. BLAND, R. ]■:. 

 COMMUNICATED BY JOHN R. MILLIS. 



Note — The systematic names in the following list, with the excep- 

 tion of Nos. 26, 29, 51, 73, and 94, are taken from Audubon's Synopsis 

 of the Birds of North America, published ia 1839. 



L Pandion Italueius — Osprey, Fish Hawk, or Fishing Eagle. 



2. Falco 2'>eregr{nns — Peregrine Falcon, or Dack Hawk. 



3. P'cJcG columharius — Pisreon Hawk. 



