CO Braislin, Notes on Long Island Birds. Ff"'' 



ducks. They were shot at without mercy, decency or common 

 sense, and although it was tails up at the flash of a gun they 

 were eventually tired down and killed off. The only redeeming 

 feature to the slaughter, if there could be one, was that the Mexi- 

 cans and Indians used them for food. I estimated one bunch to 

 be 30 feet in diameter, and there were numerous small bunches 

 scattered up the river for at least a quarter of a mile. Since that 

 time I have not seen a half dozen on the river. They can, how- 

 ever, be met with at any time during the year at a laguna of 

 brackish water about fourteen miles above here, where they prob- 

 ably nest. I hope to be able to determine that this spring. The 

 Western Grebes, in limited numbers, are also permanent residents 

 of the laguna. A few occasionally straggle lower down, but not 

 often. 



NOTES CONCERNING CERTAIN BIRDS OF 

 LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 



BY WILLIAM C. BRAISLIN, M. D. 



The following data for the most part relate to recent occurrences 

 of species more or less rare or uncommon on Long Island. One 

 species or hybrid {Hehnifit/iophihi lawreiicei) is here for the first 

 time recorded from Long Island. The note concerning another 

 species {Larus minutus) has to do with the occurrence of this 

 bird in North America, as well as on Long Island, for the second 

 time. 



Fratercula arctica. A specimen of the Puffin was sent me 

 from Montauk by Mr. Arthur Miller, with a request that it might 

 be identified and its name furnished. The sender stated that but 

 for its poor state of plumage, he should have kept the bird for 

 mounting, as it was to him an ornithological curiosity. It was 

 found on the beach, March 30, 1902. The state of plumage 

 which rendered it an imperfect specimen for mounting rather 

 added to its interest as a ' skin,' since it was due to moult. Its 



