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^ Long Island, A. V. in winter. 



Nest in a burrow in the ground or in crevices among rocks. Egg, one, dull 

 white, Bonietinies with obscure markings, a'-i'J x 1-08. 



Mr. Brewster, in describing his experience with this species in the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence, writes: "The first report of our guns brought 

 dozens tumbling from their nests. Their numner of descending from 

 the higher portions of the cliff was peculiar. Launching into the air 

 with heads depressed and wings held stiffly at a sharp angle above their 

 backs, they would shoot down like meteors, checking their speed by an 

 upward turn just before reaching the water. In a few minutes scores 

 j had collected about us. They were perfectly silent and very tame, 



passing and repassing over and by us, often coming within ten or fif- 

 teen yards. On such occasions their flight hiis a curious resemblance 

 to that of a Woodcock, but when coming in from the fishing grounds 

 they skim close to the waves, and the wings are moved more in the 

 manner of a Duck " (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xxii, 1883, p. 407). 



ISa* F. ax gUusiaJis ( Temm.). Laroe-billed Puffin. — Similar to 

 the preceding, but larger. W., ('.•80-7-4U; B., 2-00-2-30 (B., B., and K.). 



Range. — "Coast and islands of the Arctic Ocean from Spitzbergen to 

 Baffin's Bay" (A. O. U.). 



The Tufted Puffin {12. Lundn cirrhata) inhabits the North Pacific from 

 California to Alaska. Tlie specimen figured by Audubon was said l)y liim 

 to have been procured at the mouth of the Kennebec Kiver, Maine. There is 

 no other record of its occurrence on the Atlantic coast. 



27* Cepphus grylle {Linn.). Black Guillemot; Sea Pigeon. Ad. 

 in summer. — Sooty black, lighter below and with sliglit grccuisli retlcctioua 

 above; lesser wing-coverts and terminal half of the greater wing-coverts 

 white, the basal half ■../ the greater coverts black ; linings of the wings wliite. 

 Ad. in winter. — Upper parts gray or black, the feathers all more or less tipped 

 with white ; wings as in summer; under parts white Im. — Ujjper parts as 

 in winter adults; under parts white, mottled with bUick; wing-coverts tipped 

 with black. L., 13-00 ; W., 6-25 ; Tar., 1-25 ; B., 1-20. 



liange. — Breeds in North America from the Bay of Fundy (Grand Menan) 

 northward, and migrates soutliward regularly to Cape Cod, and rarely to Con- 

 necticut and Long Island; accidental in Pennsylvania. 



Long Island, A. V. in winter. 



Nest.1 in the crevices ami Assures of cliffs and rocky places. Eggs., two to 

 three, dull white, sometimes with a greenish tinire, more or less heavily 

 spotted with clear and obscure dark chocolate markings, more numerous and 

 sometimes confluent at the larger end. 2'18 x 1-40. 



'•They were wary and alert, but allowed mo to paddle within easy 

 shooting distance without displaying much alarm. When they finally 

 concluded I was an unsafe neighbor, they lost no time in getting out 

 of sight, diving with surprising suddenness. They usually swum a 



