ACKS, MUItm >. AM* i-iTi : 61 



Long Uland, A. V. in winter. 



A*f in a burrow in the ground or in crevice* among rock*. Egg> one, dull 

 <>meUme with obscure marking*, 8*49 x 1-68. 



Mr. Brewster, in describing his ex|H-riciice with this species in the 

 (lulf of St. Ijawrence, writes: "The first report of our gun* brought 

 doiens tumbling from their nests. Their manner of descending from 

 the higher jMirtions of the cliff was peculiar, launching into the air 

 with heads depressed ami wings held stiflly ut a sharp angle above their 

 backs, they would shoot down like meteors, checking their speed by an 

 upward turn just U-fore reaching the water. In a few minutes scores 

 had collected about us. They were perfectly silent and very lame, 

 passing and repassing over and by us, often coining within ten or fif- 

 teen yards. *>i\ such occasions their flight has a curious resemblance 

 to that of a Woodcock, but when coining in from the fl.-hing grounds 

 they skim close to the waves, and the wings are moved more in the 

 manner of a Duck" (Proc. Bost. SK-. Nut. lli>t., xxii, 1883, p. I 



13*. F. a. glacial!* ( TVmm.). LARGE-BILLED I'rrri*. - -Similar to 

 the preceding, but larger. W., 6-8O-7-4" ; H.. -."IN) _:{. , ]{.. K, aj 



Kanyt, " Coast and inland* of Uio Arctic <K-cun fnun SpitzVwrgen to 

 Baffin'* Bay n ( A. O. U.). 



The TI-FTED Pt-rrifi (It. Lunda cirrhata} inhabit.-* the Nrth Pacific from 

 California to Alaska. The specimen figured by Audubon wan naid by him 

 to have ben procured at the mouth of the Ki-mu -In < Kivcr, Muiuu. Then; is 

 no other record of it* occurrence on the Atlantic coast. 



27. Cepphus grylle ' /./".>. BI.A> K CMI.I K\MT; S t \ I'IUEOX. A-l. 

 in mmmtr. Sooty black, li^'hu-r t>i-low und with slight v'rci-ni^h n-rtivti..ns 

 above; leaner wing-coverU anl terminal half of the ^rcut<-r wiin;-i-<ivrrt 

 white, tkt batal half of tht grtater covert* blact ; liniiikr* "f tlie witujs white. 

 A<l. in trintrr.- \~\>\-r parto gray or Mack, the feathers all more or lw tipin-d 

 with white; win^s as in summer; under jmrb* wliite 1m. t'j'jH-r part* as 

 In winter adults ; under parts white, mottled with black ; wiujj-coveru* tip|x-d 

 with black, lu, 13-00; W., 6-2:.; Tar, 1-j:.; H., 1-20. 



Kangt. Breeds in North Amurica fr-'iu tin- Hav of Fun.lv i(Jrand M.-nani 

 nonh ward, and migrate* southward reiruliirly to C'aj>e ('.!, und rarely 

 it and I.-'iig Inland; accidental in rennnylvatiia. 



Long Island, A. V. in winter. 



in the crevices and fissures of cliffs and rocky places. Eygt^ two to 

 three, dull white, sometimes with a greenish tinirc, more or lens heavily 

 spotted with clear and obscure dark chocolate markings, more numerous and 

 sometimes confluent at the larger end. 2-18 x 1-40. 



They were wary and alert, but allowed me to paddle within easy 

 shooting distance without displaying much alarm. When they finally 

 concluded I was an unsafe neighbor, they lost no time in getting out 

 of sight, diving with surprising suddenness. They usually swam a 



