14 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Hudson bay and westward, north of the Arctic circle, to Alaska, 
where it is the most abundant species of loon. (Velson.) 
Two specimens were taken in Esquimault harbour, Vancouver 
island in March, 1891; in my experience this bird is rare in 
British Columbia. (/a@nnin.) Osgood, Grinnell and Bishop record 
this species from many places in Alaska. 
It is rarely met with in Quebec, Ontario or Manitoba, though 
Fleming records it as not uncommon at Toronto, Ont. Has not 
been observed in the prairie region or the Rocky mountains 
except by Spreadborough at Lesser Slave lake, Atha., in 1903. 
BREEDING Notes.—From the first of June until the first of July 
fresh eggs may be found, The nesting sites chosen are identical 
with those of the black-throated species. Like the latter species, 
also, the eggs, two in number, are laid directly upon the ground, 
and the spot chosen is often wet and muddy. One nest was 
found on frozen ground, and ice was floating in the pond. The 
young are led to the streams, large lakes, or sea-coast as soon as 
they are able to follow the parents, and they fall an easy prey to 
the hunters until with the growth of their quill-feathers they 
obtain some wisdom. (JVelson.) Nests in small ponds inland in 
northeastern Labrador. Appears on the coast after the young 
are able to fly, when it is rather common. (£zgelow.) 
FamIty III. ALCIDA. Avuxs, Murres, PuFFINS. 
V. LUNDA Pattas. 1826. 
12. Tufted Puffin. 
Lunda cirrhata PALL. 1826. 
This species is tolerably common along the coasts of Vancouver 
island and the mainland of British Columbia; breeds in the Gulf 
of Georgia. (Fannin.) It is a common species along the whole 
coast of British Columbia and Alaska and breeds in suitable loca- 
lities for nearly the whole distance. Turner says it is particularly 
abundant on the Aleutian islands and the whole Alaskan coast, 
Breeds amongst rocks and lays only a single egg. They nest 
usually on damp earth at the bottom of a crevice in the rock. 
(Nelson.) Common on the Pribilof islands. (/. MZ. Macoun.) 
Two specimens taken at Cape Lisburne, Alaska. (Mcel//henny.) 
