28 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
the Great Bird rock, Bryon island and Entry island, Magdalen 
islands, Gulf of St. Lawrence. (Szshop.) Common along the 
St. Lawrence at Kamouraska, Que. (Dzonne.) Common from the 
middle Labrador coast to Frobisher strait ; they are not found 
in Cumberland gulf, but are by no means rare on the west coast 
of Greenland. (XKzwmelin.) 
The first notice we have of the occurrence of this species in 
Ontario is in the published proceedings of the Canadian Institute. 
The specimen there recorded was taken on December Ioth, 1889 ; 
a second specimen was taken near the west end of Lake Ontario 
in November, 1871, and Mr. J. H. Fleming mentions another as 
having been taken near Hamilton, Ont. 
BREEDING Notes.—This species breeds abundantly at Gannet 
islands, coast of Labrador. Mr. Dick collected a number of eggs 
for me on July 2nd, 1895. Like the common murre, this bird lays 
its egg on a ledge of the sea-cliff. This species, like the black or 
pigeon guillemot, sometimes lays two eggs, but one is the usual 
number. (Razne.) 
XVI. PLAUTUS Brunnicn. 1772. 
33. Great Auk. 
Plautus impennis(LINN.) STEENSTR. 1855. 
Formerly very abundant around Newfoundland, but now extinct. 
Last living specimen seen in 1852; a dead specimen picked up in 
Trinity bay, 1853. (Reeks.) First discovered in Greenland in 
1574. (Arct. Man.) 
XVII. ALLE Link. i806. 
34. Dovekie. Little Auk. 
Alle alle (LINN.) -STEJN. 1885. 
Winter resident at Grand Manan, N.B. (Chamberlain.) For- 
merly common but now rare along Nova Scotia. (Dowazs.) A 
very common periodical migrant in October along the Newfound- 
land coast. (Reeks.) Common in Hudson strait ; occurs plenti- 
fully along the eastern coast of Labrador. (Packard.) Said to 
breed no further south in Greenland than Lat.68° N.; common in 
