64<6 THE BIRDS OF MAINE 



the analytical keys, given in the main pages of this work, so 

 that if actually found here they will be identified quite readily 

 by aid of the keys. 



Family ALCIDiE. Auks, Murres and Puffins. 

 Genus CEPPHUS Pallas. 



28. CeppJms mandtii (Licht.). Mandt's Guillemot. 



The A. 0. U. Check List gives the range of this species in winter as south 

 to Massachusetts, so it seems likely that it may ultimately be found along 

 the coast of Maine. The record printed in the Journal of the Maine Ornitho- 

 logical Society, 1900, p. 34, is erroneous, the specimen being a Black Guille- 

 mot. 



Family STERCORARIID^. Skuas and Jaegers. 

 Genus MEGALESTRIS Bonaparte. 



35. Megalestris skua (Brunn.). Skua. 



Perhaps too vaguely apprehended as a bird of Maine, but its range is such 

 that some day a straggler may be taken along our coast. 



Family LARID.E. Gulls and Terns. 

 Genus PAGOPHILA Kaup. 



39. PagopMla alba (Gunn.). Ivory Gull. 



A specimen which was taken at Grand Menan, New Brunswick, by Mr. 

 Boardman has been persistently and erroneously cited as a Maine or New 

 England specimen. The species has no present, and probably no futiure 

 claim to being a bird of Maine. 



Genus LARUS Linnaeus. 



45. Larus kwnlieni Brewst. Kumlien's Gull. 



It is only a question of time when this species will be shown to be a winter 

 coast bird of this State. Mr, Harry Merrill of Bangor has a specimen shot in 

 the vicinity of Eastport, though whether in Maine or New Brunswick terri- 

 tory is not positively known. Mr. Everett Smith states in a letter " I have 

 examined a number of them in the flesh but have never shot them here, 

 although I have observed them alive in Portland Harbor and at Scarboro." 

 He considers this a mere phase of plumage of the White-winged Gull. There 

 is no doubt that Kumlien's Gull is a bird of Maine but it seems better to 



