AVES. 5 



PYGOPODES. CEPPHI 



ALCIDAE. 



8. FRATERCULA ARCTICA (Linne") Schaffer. 



Puffin; Paroqueet; Sea parrot. 

 Aka arctica Linne", Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 130. "IN 



EUROPAE BOREALIS OCEANO." 



Mormon arcticus Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 

 7, p. 238, pi. 464. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 24, fig. 6. 

 Rocky seacoasts; nests in burrows. 



ME. Common winter resident coastwise, and rare summer 

 resident (Matinicus Rock and Machias Seal Island). 

 N. H. Uncommon winter visitor (at Isles of Shoals). 

 MASS. Uncommon winter visitor coastwise. Oct. 16-March. 

 R. I. Doubtfully reported. 



9. CEPPHUS GRYLLE (Linne) Brehm. 



Black guillemot; Pigeon murre; Sea pigeon. 



Aka grylle Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 130. "IN 

 EUROPAE BOREALIS OCEANO." 



Uria grylle (Linne"). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 

 272, pi. 474. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 24, figs. 7, 8. 



Rocky seacoasts; nests in deep crevices of rocks. 



ME. Common winter resident coastwise; less common summer 

 resident from Knox Co. eastward. Eggs, June 15-23. 



N. H. Uncommon winter visitor coastwise. 



MASS. Uncommon winter visitor coastwise. Sept.-April 19 

 (May). 



R. I. Rare winter visitor. Nov. 18-April. 



CONN. Rare winter visitor coastwise: Stony Creek, Dec., 1887. 



