12 BIRDS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 



ALGID AE. AUKS, MURBES, AND PUFFINS. 



13. Puffin; "Sea Parrot;" "Paroqueet" Fra 



tercula drctic.a arctica (Linne). Uncommon W. V. off rock; 

 eastern shores. Oct. 16 - Mar. 



27. Black Guillemot; " Sea -Pigeon" Cepp hu, 

 grylle (Linne*). Uncommon W. V. off eastern coast, rareb 

 south to Woods Hole. Sept.-April 19 (May). Not uncom 

 mon off rocky shores of Cape Ann and Nahant. 



*3O. Murre ; Guillemot Uria troille troille (Linne) 

 Very rare W. V. off eastern coast. 



31. Briinnich's Murre; Murre; Ice-bird Uri( 

 lomvia (Linne). Uncommon W. V. -coastwise; occasiona 

 inland. Nov. 21 - March 15 (April 15). Not uncommon of 

 rocky headlands of Essex Co. 



32. Razor-billed Auk ; " Tinker ;" " Ice-bird ' 

 Alca torda Linne. Scarce and irregular W. V. coast 

 wise. Nov. 22 - Feb. 11 (April 15). 



t33. Great Auk ; Gare-fowl Plautus impenni 

 (Linne). Extinct; formerly a common W. V. coastwise 

 Its bones have been found in the shell-heaps at Ipswich. 



34. Dovekie ; Little Auk ; Sea Dove Alle all 

 (Linne). Common W. V. off-shore; sometimes plentiful 01 

 the coast, casual inland. (Sept.) Nov. 4 - May 1. 



STEBCOBABIID^E. SKUAS AND JAEGERS. 



*35. Skua ; Sea-lien" M&galestris skua (Briinnich. 

 Rare V. off shore; casual on Georges Bank and Nantucke 

 Shoals. July -Oct. 



3O. Pornarine Jaeger Stercordrius pomarinu 

 (Temminck). Scarce M. May; July 5 - Sept. 28. Coast 

 wise waters and estuaries. 



37. Parasitic Jaeger; " Marlinspike ;" "Sea 

 hen ;" Robber GtullStercorarius parasiticus (Linne) 

 Scarce M. and S. V. coastwise; rare in winter. May 31 

 Oct. 14 (Jan., Feb.). t; Common M." in Essex Co. 



38. Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudu 

 Vieillot. Rare M. Spring; Aug. 24- Sept. 29. 



LABID.E. GULLS AND TEBNS. 



*39. Ivory GrUllPagophila alba (Gunnerus). Acci 

 dental W. V. off-shore. Monomoy Id., Dec. 1. 

 4O. Kittiwake; " Pinny Owl;" Winter Gull.' 



triddctyta tridactyla (Linne). Common fall M. am 



