CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 25 
winter months. (/annin.) Several were seen in the Hecate 
strait a few miles off the mouth of Cumshewa inlet, Queen 
Charlotte islands, July 12th, 1899. They were apparently direct- 
ing their course for the Skedans islands at the mouth of the 
inlet, where they probably breed. ( Osgood.) 
31. Brunnich Murre. Thick-billed Guillemot. 
Uria lomvia (LINN.) BRYANT. 1861. 
Abundant in the Bay of Fundy during winter. (Chamberlain.) 
Quite common along the coast of Newfoundland. (Xeeks.) 
Doubtless the commonest bird on the Greenland coast, but said 
not to breed farther south than Lat. 64° N. (Arvct. Wan.) Plenti- 
ful on the eastern and southern shores of Labrador, where it 
resides and breeds. (Packard.) Common everywhere in the north 
where the coasts are sufficiently high to afford nesting places. 
Not common in the northwest part of Hudson bay, owing to the 
low shores. Seen in numbers at the mouth of Fox channel and 
in Hudson strait. Plentiful on the Greenland coast as far north 
as Smith sound. Common along Ellsemere and North Devon 
and southward along east coast of Baffin. Breeds in great num- 
bers at Cape Wolstenholme, Digge island and other places in 
Hudson strait. Remains in the open water of Hudson bay 
throughout the winter, numbers having been killed at that time 
at Fullerton. (A. P. Low.) Most common in the neighborhood 
of Cobourg island where it certainly nests ; otherwise not often 
seen about Ellsemere island. (£. Bay.) Breeds abundantly on 
Great Bird rock, Magdalen islands. (Azshop.) This guillemot 
frequents the most remote arctic American seas that have been 
visited, Greenland and Hudson bay, and goes south in winter. 
(Richardson.) From Resolution island to Grinnell bay and Fro- 
bisher strait they are common, even as far as the mouth of 
Cumberland gulf, but apparently rare in its waters. There are 
large breeding places about capes Mercy and Walshingham ; the 
largest “rookery”’ being on the Padlic islands in Exeter sound. 
(Kumelin.) 
A bird that has become plentiful the last few years in places 
between Kingston and Brockville. They usually appear in the 
month of December, and as they are very tame and come almost 
