62 COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



seigena of American writers.) — Red-necked Grebe. Com- 

 mon. Chiefly winter resident, but some doubtless breed. 



No. 1147, 5. Essex Co. William Patterson. 

 No. 1150. " " A, F. Bosson. 



Podiceps cristatus Lath. — Crested Grebe. Common 

 winter resident. Some breed in Maine. (Calais, Boardm. , 

 p. 131.) 



Podiceps cornutus Lath. — Horned Grebe. Common 



winter resident. But many breed, particularly in more 



northern portions. 



No. 1148, j'oung $ . Essex Co. A. E. Bosson. 

 No. 1149, " " " " " " 



Podilymbus podiceps Lawr. — Dabchick. Common ; 



resident, but chiefly occurs in spring and fall. 



No. 1444, $ . Essex Co. R. Brookhouse. 



ALCID^. 



The Great Auk, Alca impennis, formerly existed in 

 New England. For an interesting account of the dis- 

 covery, by Prof. Wyman, of its remains at Mt. Desert, 

 and at Crouch's Cove, Me., see Am. Nat., i, p. 578. 

 Audubon states that it used to occur on the coast of Mas- 

 sachusetts.* 



Utamania torda Leach. — Razor-billed Auk. "Tinker." 



Chiefly a winter visitant, and common. Resident in more 



northern portions, breeding about the Bay of Fundy. 



{Boardm., p. 131; Verr., p. 25.) 



No. 83, adult. Labrador. Williams College Lvceum of Natural 

 History, 1864. 



Fratercula arctica 111. — Puffin. " Sea Parrot." Chiefly 



a winter visitant, and not uncommon. Some breed about 



the Bay of Fundy. {Boardm., p. 131 ; Verr., p. 25.) 



No. 81. Caribou Isl., Lab. Williams College Lvceum of Natural 

 History, 1864. 



The Large-billed Puffin, F. glacialis, has been accred- 

 ited to Grand Menan, by Audubon, and included, upon 

 his authority, in some of the local lists. But its occur- 

 rence is at best extremely problematical. (Cf. my mon- 



* This statement has been corroborated by the finding of a humerus 

 of the Great Auk in the Shell-heaps at Ipswich, by Prof. Baird, in 

 August last. — F. W. P. 

 (310) 



