6 Catalogue of Canadian Birds. 



Alca torda. 



UAZ<)l{-liII.I.EI) AUK. 



This bird is called " Tinker " ]:)y the Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 fishermen, with wliom it is familiar. It breeds abundantly on 

 some of the islands in the Gulf, as well as along- die Labrador 

 coast. It is common in the Bay of h'undy in winter, and a few 

 intlividuals may breed there. Several specimens have been taken 

 in Lake Superior. 



Plautus impennis. 



GREAT AUK. 



This species is probably extinct. Portions of skeletons have 

 been found on the shores of the Bay of Fundy, and along the 

 coast of Labrador. 



Alle alle. 



DOVEKIE. 



This is the " Sea Dove " of the older books. It breeds in 

 great abundance from Northern Labrador to the Arctic Ocean, 

 but south of Hudson's Straits occurs only as a winter visitor. 



Megalestris skua. 

 skua. 



A North Atlantic species, very seldom seen south of Hud- 

 son's Straits. 



Stercorarius pomarinus. 



POUIAUINE JAEOEK. 



An Arctic l)ird. In winter it appears along- the coast of Nova 

 Scotia, and in the Bay of Fundy, and has been taken in Lake 

 Ontario and Lake Erie. 



