Some Local Names of Birds 75 



Gaviidae. 



4. Gavia immer. — Adult is pond loon; young, sheep loon, Ply- 

 mouth, Mass. (Browne); loo, Newfoundland (Harvey); warloon, 

 Hickman, Ky, (Pindar). 



5. Gavia arctica.- — Grayback loon, Plymouth, Mass. (Browne). 



6. Gavia stellota. — Peggin'-awl loon, Matinlcus Id., Me.; peg- 

 gin'-awl, pegmonk, Plymouth, Mass. (Browne); Quaker loon, Wil- 

 lapa Harbor, Wash. 



Alcidae. 



7. Lunda clrrliata. — Parrot-bill, Bering Sea (information given 

 me by a sailor); Jew duck (in recognition of the Semitic profile), 

 Willapa Harbor, Wash. 



8. Fratercula arctica. — Parakeet, Matinicus Id., Me. 



9. BrachyravipJius marmoratus. — Fog-bird, Willapa Harbor, 

 Wash. 



10. Alca torda. — Pinwing, Newfoundland (Forest and Stream, 

 2, No. 16, May 28, 1874, p. 244). 



11. Alle alle. — Pine knot, Plymouth, Mass. (Browne); also Mat- 

 inicus Id., Me., ice-bird, Matinicus Id., Me., Northeastern Banks 

 (Collins). 



Stercorariidae. 



12. Megalestris skua.^Sea, hen. Northeastern Banks (Collins). 

 12a. Stercorarius stxp. — Marlin-spike birds, Coast of Maine; 



marling-spikes, gull chasers. Northeastern Banks (Collins). 



12b. Stercorairus longicaudns. — Whip-tail, Northeastern Banks 

 (Collins). 



Laridae. 



13. Rissa tridactyla. — Squaretail or bay gull, Plymouth, Mass. 

 (Browne); winter gull. Wallops Id., Va.; this name and pinyole. 

 Northeastern Banks (Collins). 



14. Larus Marinus. — Farmer gull, Grand Menan, N. B. (Forest 

 and Stream, 13, No. 1, Aug. 7, 1879, p. 524); saddle-backed gull, 

 Matinicus Id., Me.; Daniel gull, Plymouth, Mass. (Browne); win- 

 ter gull. Wallops Id., Va. 



15. Larus argentatus. — Adult is white gull; young, gray gull, 

 Plymouth, Mass. (Browne); winter gull. Wallops Id., Va. 



16. Lams delawarensis. — Squeezy gull, Newfoundland (Harvey). 



17. Lams pMladelpliia. — Square-tail gull, Plymouth, Mass. 

 (Browne); codfish gull, Wallops Id., Va. 



18. All terns. — Mackerel gulls, Plymouth, Mass. (Browne); 

 Connecticut shore (Morris). 



19. Geloclielidon nilotica. — Big striker. Wallops Id., Va. 



20. Sterna caspia, Stem maxiina. — Gannet striker. Wallops Id., 

 Va., the latter big striker at Beaufort, N. C. 



