CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 2I 
rock, sometimes as much as two or three feet in. No nest is 
formed the eggs being laid on the bare earth. They do not vary 
much, but where the soil is damp and its colour red they soon 
become stained and discoloured. This was the commonest 
species of sea-fowl I found breeding at the above islands, though 
on the Bird Rocks several other species are more plentiful. (Rev. 
C.J. Young.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two specimens are in the collection, both males, taken by Mr. 
A. P. Low in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1894. 
We have 14 eggs, all from the coast of Labrador and Hudson 
Strait, collected by Payne, Bell, Low and Forde. 
28. Mandt’s Guillemot. 
Cepphus mandti (Licut.) Bonap. 1856. 
This species abounds in the arctic seas and straits from Mel- 
ville Island down to Hudson Bay. (Richardson.) Occurs occa- 
sionally in Hudson Strait ; plentiful on the eastern coast of 
Labrador ; also at Fort George, James Bay. (Packard.) Severn 
House, Hudson Bay. (Zhompson.) Quite common in Hudson 
Bay, remaining the whole year, wintering out in the open water. 
Breeds in large numbers on the outer islands, under loose stones 
and boulders, laying one or more, commonly two, eggs. Eggs 
laid on bare rock, without any appearance of nest. (A. P. Low.) 
This species occurs on the Arctic and Behring Sea coasts of 
Alaska and about the islands in these waters. (Ve/son.) Occurs 
rarely at St. Michael; not observed on the Aleutian Islands. 
(Turner.) Rare during the season of open water at Point Barrow, 
but in November and December they were seen in small flocks. 
(Murdoch. 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
One male taken in the North Atlantic, purchased with the 
Holman collection. 
29. Pigeon Guillemot. Western Guillemot. 
Cepphus columba PALu. 1826. 
This species is one of the most numerous among the larger 
water-fowl of Alaska. It occurs in great abundance wherever 
the coast is bordered by bold headlands or where there are 
