48 BIEDS OF EAST PENNSYLVANIA. 



For an account of the distribution 

 of this bird in the British Islands, 

 see "Gray's Birds of the West of 

 Scotland." (W.) 

 Little Auk. .... Mergulus die. Little Botchie. 

 Occasionally shot at Egg Harbour 

 and along the coast. (W.) 



BIRDS WHICH HAVE DISAPPEAEED. 



CONCLFDrNG KEMAEKS. 



Since the eastern provinces have become more densely popiilated, 

 many of the larger and more wary species of birds have changed 

 their course of migration, and now reach the arctic regions by a 

 route t,alcing them towards the interior of the continent; and there 

 are also some, formerly known as Summer visitants, which have now 

 a more southern limit. Parrots, for example, (Conorus Caroli- 

 nensis), are at the present day rai'cly found north of the Carolinas; 

 while Wild Turkeys, which were once abundant, iilthough still 

 to be met with in suitable localities, are now in very limited 



