BIRDS OF NOVA SCOTIA—DOWNS. 143 
Suborder CrEppHI. Loons and Auks. 
Famity URINATORIDA. Loons. 
Genus URINATOR Cuvier. 
4. Urinator imber (@vnr.) (7.) Loon. 
Common. Arrives as soon as the lakes are open and remains 
until they are frozen. 
5. Urinator lumme (Gunn.) (11.) Rep-rnroatrp Loon. 
Not very plentiful. A purely salt-water diver. 
Famity ALCIDA. AuvuxKs, MuRRES, AND PUFFINS. 
Subfamily Fraterculine. Puffins. 
Genus FRATERCULA Brisson. 
6. Fratercula arctica (Zimn.) (13.) Common Purrry. 
Rather common in winter and breeds on the coast. 
Subfamily PHALERINA. 
Genus CEPPHUS Pallas. 
ie Cepphus erylle (Linn.) (27) Butack GurILLEMor. 
Very common in winter. Breeds on the Isle Haut, Bay of 
Fundy. 
Subfamily ALCINA. 
Genus URIA Brisson. 
8. Uria troile (30.) Murre. 
Common in winter. 
9. Uria lomvia (Zimm.) (81.) Brunnicr’s Murre. 
Inserted on Boardman’s authority. Said to be common in the 
Bay of Fundy during winter. 
Gets ALCA. 
10. Alea torda (Zinn.) 
Not very common. Breeds on Sable Island. Winter. 
Genus PLAUTUS. 
11. Plautus impennis Grav AUK. 
Now extinct, but, no doubt, formerly common on our shores. 
Three of these birds were found entombed in the ice of the 
Funk Islands, Newfoundland, and one of them was forwarded to 
Mr. J. Matthew Jones, of Halifax, and thence to the British 
Museum. 
