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ograph of the Alcidse, p. 24.) Audubon's "glacialis" is 

 the corniculata Naum., a North Pacific species, not re- 

 corded from the Atlantic. 



Lunda cirrhata Pallas. Tufted Puffin. Said to be 

 of very rare occurrence in winter off the coast of Maine. 

 Near Calais, Me., (B&ardm., p. 132; Verr., p. 25. 

 Grand Menan. Audubon. Omitted from Sam., O. 0.) 



Uria grytte Lath. Black Guillemot. " Sea Pigeon." 

 Resident in more northern portions, breeding abundantly 

 on the rocky islands ; a common winter visitant along 

 more southern portions of the coast. 



No. 1139, ?, winter. Nahant, Essex Co. S. Jillson, Dec., 1855. 

 No. 1146, winter. " " " " " " " . 



No. 1140. Essex Co. By purchase, 1864. 



No. 82, summer. Labrador. Williams College Lyceum of Nat- 

 ural History, 1864. 



Lomvia troille * Brandt. ( Colymbus troille L. Gm. 

 Uria troille Lath., and most European writers : Catar- 

 rhactes troille Bryant. Gepphus lomvia Pallas. Uria 

 lomvia Briinnich ; and of Cassin, in Baird's B. N. A., 

 p. 913. Uria troile, Putn., p. 222. Not of Giraud, B. 

 L. I., p. 376. Uria lomvia, Sam., p. 14 ; Aud., pi. 218, 

 fig. 2. Not the Alca lomvia Linn. American and 

 European bird considered identical.) Common winter 

 resident. Some breed, towards the northern portions. 

 ("Murre Ledges," Boardm., p. 131). 



Lomvia ringvia Brandt. (Uria ringvia Briinnich, and 

 U. alga Briiunich ; leucophthalmus Faber, leucopsis 

 Brehm, lachrymans Choris., and some European wri- 

 ters ; troile of Giraud's Birds of Long Island, p. 376 ; 

 Audubon's pi. 218, fig. 1.) This is the species, or 

 variety, with the white ring around, and white line 

 behind, the eye. Winter visitant ; probably some breed 

 with the preceding species. 



* The three North American species of Lomvia have been so often 

 confounded, and their synonymy is in such a state of confusion, 

 that to enable one to know what species is referred to under a given 

 name, it is absolutely necessary to introduce some synonymes. The 

 reader is referred to my Monograph of the Alcidae, Proceedings 

 of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Jan., 1868, for 

 further information upon the subject. Dr. Bryant's excellent mono- 

 graph of the genus Catarrhactes, in the Proceedings of the Boston 

 Society of Natural History for 1861, should also be consulted. 



