CATALOGUE OK THE Hllins OF P. E. ISLAND. — MAC8WAIN. 571 



Order PYGOPODES. 

 Family PODICIPID^. 



1 (3). Colymbus a twit as Linn. Horned Grebe. — Have 

 seen one mounted specimen. 



2 (6). Fodilyinhm podicepK (Linn.). Pied-billed Grebe. 



— Rare. 



Famh^y URINATORID^. 



3 (7). Urinator imher (Gunn.). Loon. — Not common, 

 but frequently seen during summer. Breeds. 



4 (11).. Urinatot' liunme (Gunn.). Red-throated Loon. 

 — Not seen as often as the preceding. 



Fa JULY ALCID.E. 



5 (27). Cepphiis grylie (Linn.). Black Guillemot. — Cap- 

 tured occasionall3^ All that I have seen were in the mottled 

 plumage. Breeds. 



6 (30). Uria i voile {Uinn.). Murre. — Rarer than the Black 

 Guillemot. 



7 (34). AUe alle (Lum.). Dovekie ; Little Auk.— More 

 frequently seen than either the Black or Common Guillemot. 



Order LONGIPENNES. 

 Family STERCORARIID^. 



8 (37). Ste)'cora7'ius parasiticiiH (Linn.). Parasitic Jaeger. 

 — Have seen one specimen only. 



9 (40). Rissa tridactyla (Linn.). Kittiwake. — ^Common 

 during summer. 



10 (42). Lams glaacus Brunn. Glaucus Gull ; Ice Gull. 

 — Often seen in the autumn. 



11 (45). Larus I- amlieni BrewHt. Kumlien's Gull. — Taken 

 at Covehead, Oct. 7, 1905, and exaTnined soon after it was 

 taken to the taxidermist. It is now in the museum of the 

 x\cademy, Truro, N. 8. There are some ashy areas on some of 

 the primaries of this specimen. 



