ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 63 



New York State. Specimen taken off Staten Island, No- 

 vember 5, 1907 (Chapin). Otherwise unknown. 



New Jersey. Unknown in our area. One or two reports 

 based on sight records entirely unreliable. 



PUFFIN (Fratercula arctica) 



The comical little Puffin with its huge bill, dumpy body, 

 and whirring flight, is a very rare winter visitant to Long 

 Island. It was reported by De Kay, Giraud, and Lawrence 

 without definite data. The definite records are Center 

 Moriches, December 15, 1882; Montauk, March 30, 1902; 

 one picked up dead on the beach at Montauk, spring of 1915 

 (Weber, Abst. Proc. Linnsean Society, N. Y., 1917, p. 5). 



BLACK GUILLEMOT (Cepphus grylle) 



A very rare winter visitant to Long Island. There is an 

 old specimen labelled "Long Island" in the Lawrence Col- 

 lection. Seen January 1, 2, and February 22, 1921 near 

 Montauk (Griscom, Crosby, and Janvrin, Auk, 1922, p. 118). 

 Undoubtedly the same bird, and seen all three times along the 

 same stretch of shore. Another individual seen March 12, 

 1922 just off shore at Montauk Point (Griscom and LaDow). 

 This species and the Puffin prefer a bold and rocky coast, 

 and it is possible that extended observation at Montauk, 

 where alone these conditions prevail, might show that they 

 occur less rarely. 



BRUNNICH'S MURRE (Una lomvia) 



This species and the next two live at sea during the winter 

 and approach the coast only when blown in by gales. The 

 majority of specimens recorded are, consequently, picked up 

 dead or exhausted on the shore. The best way to observe 

 these birds is, therefore, to go off shore in a fishing vessel or a 

 motor boat, a chilly and uncomfortable proceeding. On the 

 wing this species and the Razor-bill are distinguishable at a 



