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Family Alcidae — The Auks and Guillemots. 



Five species of this family occur in our district, and all are winter 

 visitants from the far north. The Little Auk, Razor-billed Auk and 

 Briinnich's Murre occur along the coast with considerable regularity, 

 but the Black Guillemot and Puffin are very rare. 



6. Fratercula arctica (Linn.). Puffin. 



Breeding Range — Bay of Fundy to Greenland. 

 Winter Distribution — Southward to Long Island. 



Very rare straggler in winter. 



One specimen in the possession of Mr. Joseph Krider was killed 

 about 1876 on the Delaware river near Chester ( Warren's Report). 

 We can find no definite record of its occurrence on the New Jersey 

 coast. 



7. Cepphiis gi^ylle (Linn.). Black Guillemot. 



Breeding Range — Newfoundland to Maine. 

 Winter Distribution — Southward to Long Island. 



TurnbuU states that this species is a rare straggler on the New 

 Jersey coast "as far south as Cape May," and Krider {Field Notes) 

 mentions having obtained two specimens at Egg Harbor. We can 

 find no other records for New Jersey nor any positive evidence of its 

 occurrence in Pennsylvania.* 



8. Uria lomvia (Linn.). Briinnich's Murre. 



Breeding Range— Gulf of St. Lawrence, northward. 



Winter Distribution — Southward to the coast of New Jersey. 



Regular winter visitant along the New Jersey coast, though appar- 

 ently not very common. Occasional also on the lower Delaware 

 river ( Voelker). One specimen, which we have examined, was 

 taken by Mr. C. H. Shearer, Dec. 11, 1893, in Dauphin county, 

 Pa., on the Susquehanna river. 



* The Roddy specimen {Warren^s Report) proves to be "something else," and 

 no trace can be found of a specimen having been in the Lancaster museum. 

 We can obtain no positive data regarding specimens secured in Pennsylvania 

 by C. D. Wood and J. Krider. 



