BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



GENUS FRATERCULA. 

 (13) Puffin. 



(Fratercula arctica.) 



Common in the Arctic regions and the islands of the North Atlantic. 

 A bird of the ocean. One specimen has been recorded, taken on the 

 Ottawa River. 



GENUS CEPPHUS. 



(27) Black Guillemot.* 



(Cepphus grylle.) 



Like the last, a bird of the ocean, which occasionally has wandered 

 up to Lake Ontario. Mr. John Maughan, jr., has a specimen taken near 

 Toronto, and Mr. Mcllwraith mentions one taken on Burlington Bay 

 many years ago. 



GENUS URIA. 



(31) Brunnich's Murre. 



(Uria lomvia.) 



Common on the Atlantic coast and an occasional winter visitor to 

 Lake Ontario. 



During the winter of 1893 a large number of these birds appeared on 

 Lake Ontario, and each season since that time, a few have been seen 

 there. 



GENUS ALCA. 



(32) Razor-billed Auk. 



(Alca torda.) 



Another ocean bird which has found its way up Lake Ontario oc- 

 casionally in late autumn or early winter. 



GENUS ALLE. 



(34) Dovekie. (Little Auk.) 



(Alle alle.) 



Common on some parts of the North Atlantic coast. One specimen 

 taken by Mr. John Maughan on Lake Ontario. 



Order LONGIPENNES. (Long-winged Swimmers.) 



Feet palmate ; tibia feathered ; legs inserted near the centre of equi- 

 librium, so that the birds stand with the axis of the body nearly hori- 



