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Family ALCIDAE. (Auks, Murres and Puffins.) 



6. (31) Urialomvia (Linn.). 



Bruunieh's murre. 



An occasional Winter visitant. Two birds taken at 

 Lake Earlville, November 26, 1900, by Mr. Floyd D. Palmer of 

 Earlville, N. Y. 



Order LONGIPENNES. (Long-winged swimmers.) 

 Family LARIDAE. (Gulls and Terns.) 



7. (43) Larus leucopterus Faber. 



Iceland gull. 



Rare Winter visitant. One record, an immature speci- 

 men taken at Peterboro, Feb. 1, 1884, Lawrence, Auk I, 240. 



8. (51a) Larus argentatus Smithsonianus Coues 



American herring gull. 



Not uncommon from Dec. 1st to April 1st, on the 

 Chenango River and the local lakes. 



9. (60) Larus Philadelphia (Ord.). 



Bonaparte's gull. 



Common migrant at Oneida Lake. One male taken in 

 May, 1875, by Mr. Green Smith, Peterboro, N. Y. Now in the 

 famous Green Smith collection. 



10. (98) Aestrelata hasitata (Kuhl). 



Black-capped petrel. 



A male of this rare straggler was taken at Verona 

 Beach, Oneida Lake, August 28, 1893. Bagg. Auk Vol. XI, April 

 1894. 



Order ANSERES. (Lamellirostral swimmers.) 

 Family ANATIDAE. (Ducks, Geese and Swans. ) 



11. (129) Merganser americanus (Cass.). 



American merganser. 



Very common migrant. A few winter. One female 

 taken, in June 1900, on Lebanon Reservoir. 



