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ACCIDENTAL. 



The species classed under this head are such as have wan- 

 dered into the state from regions considerably removed 

 which they regularly inhabit at some time of year. Their 

 presence in the state cannot be accounted for in any other 

 way than by supposing that some accident is responsible 

 for their appearance in a place so far removed from their 

 regular habitat, and therefore they cannot be expected to 

 occur again under normal conditions. 



ORDER PYGOPODES. Diving Birds. 



Family ALCID.E. Auks, Murres, and Puffins. 



The only representative of this salt-water inhabiting 

 family is the Briinnich Murre, which was probably blown 

 across Canada by a severe northeast storm. It is accidental 

 in the state, and so would not figure in the economy of the 

 state. 



1. (31.) URIA LOMVIA (Linn.). . 

 Briinnich Murre. 



Butler, reported by B. L. Moseley as occurring at Sandusky on 

 Lake Erie, Auk, 1897, 198. 



The records that have come to me of the capture of 

 specimens of this species in Ohio are : Ashtabula 1, Lake 2, 

 Lorain 4, Erie 3, and likely Ottawa counties, all during the 

 last half of December, 1896. Fairport, December 18; 

 Sandusky, December 19. The Lorain and Ashtabula rec- 

 ords are given as late December, probably about Christ- 

 mas. It is not unlikely that individuals of this large inland 

 flight penetrated to some of the interior waters of this state, 

 but if so, records are lacking. 



A wanderer from the northeast. 



