310 COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



seigena of American writers. ) Red-necked Grebe. Com- 

 mon. Chiefly winter resident, but some doubtless breed. 



No. 1147, $. Essex Co. William Patterson. 



No. 1150. " " A. F. Bosson. 



Podiceps cristatus Lath. Crested Grebe. Common 

 winter resident. Some breed in Maine. (Calais, JBoardm., 

 p. 131.) 



Podiceps cornutus Lath. Horned Grebe. Common 

 winter resident. But many breed, particularly in more 

 northern portions. 



No- 1148, young ? . Essex Co. A. F. Bosson. 

 No. 1149, " " " " " " 



Podilymbus podiceps Lawr. Dabchick. Common ; 

 resident, but chiefly occurs in spring and fall. 

 No. 1444, ? . Essex Co. K. Brookhouse. 



ALCID^E. 



The Great Auk, Alca impennis, formerly existed in 

 New England. For an interesting account of the dis- 

 covery, by Prof. Wyman, of its remains at Mt. Desert, 

 and at Crouch's Cove, Me., see Am. Nat., i, p. 578. 

 Audubon states that it used to occur on the coast of Mas- 

 sachusetts.* 



Utamania torda Leach. Razor-billed Auk. "Tinker." 

 Chiefly a winter visitant, and common. Resident in more 

 northern portions, breeding about the Bay of Fundy. 

 (Boardm., p. 131 ; Fern, p. 25.) 



No. 83, adult. Labrador. Williams College Lyceum of Natural 

 History, 1864. 



Fratercula arctica 111. Puffin. " Sea Parrot." Chiefly 

 a winter visitant, and not uncommon. Some breed about 

 the Bay of Fundy. (JBoardm., p. 131 ; Ferr., p. 25.) 



No. 81. Caribou Isl., Lab. Williams College Lyceum of Natural 

 History, 1864. 



The Large-billed Puffin, F. glacialis, has been accred- 

 ited to Grand Menan, by Audubon, and included, upon 

 his authority, in some of the local lists. But its occur- 

 rence is at best extremely problematical. (Cf. my mon- 



*This statement has been corroborated by the finding of a humerus 

 of the Great Auk in the Shell-heaps at Ipswich, by Prof. Baird, in 

 August last. F. W. P. 



