64 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



moderate distance by the heavier, stouter bill of the latter. 

 On the water the tail of the Razor-bill is cocked up in the air. 



Brunnich's Murre is an irregular winter visitant off the 

 coast of Long Island, probably occurring every year, occa- 

 sionally in numbers, from November to March. It is of 

 casual occurrence on the Hudson, Ossining, December 11, 

 1894 (A. K. Fisher), and Fort Lee Ferry, winter of 1910-1911 

 (J. T. Nichols). The species has occurred twice at Princeton, 

 just outside our area. Stone records several shot at Perth 

 Amboy, January 1890, and another reported to him by Bab- 

 son on the reservoir at Orange, December 24, 1899. One seen 

 between the Battery and Staten Island, December 25, 1908 

 and collected two days later (Chapin). 



Long Island. Irregular winter visitant, November 22 to 

 March 24. 



ORIENT. Rare winter visitant, December to February 1, 

 1902. 



LONG BEACH. Three shot off the beach in December 1892; 

 two shot off Point Lookout a good many years ago by C. H. 

 Lott (Bicknell MS.). 



RAZOR-BILLED AUK (Alca tor da} 



An irregular winter visitant to Long Island waters, but 

 doubtless occurring every winter off shore from November to 

 March. There are 17 definite records, and in addition the 

 statement by Captain Scott in Dutcher's notes that it was an 

 occasional winter visitant at Montauk Point, flocks seen 10- 

 15 times. The most recent observations are a bird seen by 

 Dr. Wm. H. Wiegmann under most favorable circumstances 

 at Manhattan Beach in February, 1921, and another seen to 

 swim ashore at Long Beach January 18, 1922 (E. P. Bicknell), 

 and presented to the American Museum. Its breast feathers 

 were thickly clotted with oil, and the bird was helpless and 

 exhausted. 



Long Island. Irregular winter visitant, November 2 to 

 February 6. 



