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Fire Island Light, L. I. Dec. 7, 1882. 9 



Long Island. Nov. 25, 1884; Feb. 6, 1884. Butcher Collection 



Sag Harbor, L. I. About 1884. (Several dead. Lucas and Buck). Dutcher, Notes 



Amagansett, L. I. Nov. 1885. (Byram). Dutcher, Notes 



" Mar. 24, 1884. Dutcher, Auk, 2: 38. Braislin, Lin. Soc. N. Y. Proc. 



1907. p. 34 



Montauk, L. I. Sept. 8, 1886. A. H. Helme 



Outer beach, L. I. Nov. 23, 1891. (2). (R. B. Lawrence). Dutcher, Notes 

 L.I. Nov, 28. 1891. d. (W.W.Wilson). 



Freeport, L. I. Account of i taken by C. H. Scott. " 



L.I. Dec. 6, 1891. Account of c? taken. (Frazer). " 



L. I. Dec. 8, 1891. I seen by and 3 reported. (N. T. Lawrence). Dutcher 



Jamaica bay, L. I. About Dec. 18, 1891. (C. Glier). Dutcher, Notes 



Sweden, Monroe co., N. Y. Nov. 1892. David Bruce 



Montauk, L. I. Nov. 27, 1893. (3)- (Scott). Dutcher, Notes 



Ossining, N. Y. Av. (2) 



Dec. 5, 1898. Dr A. K. Fisher 



Amagansett, L. I. Dec. 14, 1901. (2). Braislin, Auk, 20: 51 



Babylon, L. I. Jan. 15, 1903. Burtis, Auk, 20; 209 



New York, N. Y. Often found dead, 1900. L. S. Foster 



Hither Plain, L. I. Dec. 31, iqo6. (Baker). Braislin, Auk, 24: 186-87 



Order LONGIPENNES 



Long-winged Swimmers 



Order Lariformes, Sharpe's Hand-List 



Wings long and pointed; nostrils lateral and open; hallux small (some- 

 times rudimentary), free and elevated; tail ttsually long, of 12 feathers; 

 primaries 11, only 10 developed; fifth secondary wanting; legs compara- 

 tively free and inserted near middle of body; tarsus partly scutellate, 

 otherwise reticulate; tibiae bare for a short distance; front toes palmate; 

 palate schizognathous ; no basipterygoids ; nasals scliizorhinal; 15 cervicals; 

 furcular hypocleidium present; syringcal muscles one pair; esophagiis 

 capacious; cloaca large; plumage aftershafted ; oil gland tufted; eggs few, 

 usuallv 3 ; ptilopaedic, altricial and nidicolous in nature ; mostly piscivorous 

 in diet; cosmopolitan in distribution; maritime, lacustrine or fluviatile in 

 habitat; shrill or raucous in voice; volucral in habit. 



This order resembles most nearly the tube-nosed swimmers of all 

 the natatorial birds, but the character of the nostrils easily distinguishes 

 them without reference to internal anatomy. The pterylosis and osteology 

 of the group also show some affinitv to Limicolae and Alcidae. 



