Catalogue of Birds found in Europe and America. 
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CoLYyMBID.&—continued. 
America. 
California. (G. R. Gray.) 
Podiceps cornutus.* Gm. 
North America generally. (Baird, Cassin, 
and Lawrence). 
Europe. 
rous on the Rhine. Met with in 
Northern France, common in the south, 
and in winter in Savoy. Common in 
winter in Greece and Turkey. Occurs 
in Malta. Breeds in South Germany. 
Common in Palestine, North Africa, 
and North-West Africa, and occurs 
south to the Cape, and through Asia 
to Japan. Accidental in Britain. 
Podiceps cornutus.* Gm. (Horned or 
Sclavonian Grebe. ) 
According to Yarrell it is occasional in 
the British Isles in winter, but rare 
in summer. Not uncommon in Ireland 
in winter. Breedsin Iceland (Proctor) 
and in Sweden. (Nilsson.) Rare in 
Holland, but more common in Germany 
and Eastern Europe. Found rarely 
in winter in France, Switzerland, and 
Provence, and said to have occurred 
near the Caspian Sea. 
ALCIDA. 
Alea impennis.* Linn, 
Formerly found in the Arctic Seas, 
Greenland, and Baffin’s Bay. 
Alca torda.* Linn. 
The northern coast of America, Labra- 
dor, Newfoundland, and south to New 
Jersey. (Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence.) 
Not rare in Greenland, but not yet ob- 
served on the east coast. (Newton.) 
Rare on the Pacific coast. (Dresser.) 
Fratercula arctica.* Linn. 
Common on the coast of Labrador, the 
Bay of Fundy, and goes south in 
winter to Massachusetts. (Dresser.) 
Alca impennis.* Linn. (Great Auk.) 
Though now probably extinct, I have 
included it in this list. It was found 
in the north Atlantic, and was not 
uncommon in the Orkneys. Degland 
and Gerbe say it was accidental on 
the French coast, and that three were 
taken at Cherbourg about fourteen or 
fifteen years ago (dating from 1867) ? 
Alea torda.* Linn. (Razor-billed Auk.) 
Arctic and Northern Europe; British 
Isles; down the coast of Belgium, 
Holland, France, and Spain, to the 
Mediterranean, where it is often com- 
mon at Gibraltar ; Marseilles; Italy. 
(Dresser. ) 
Fratercula arctica.* Linn. (Puffin.) 
Northern and western coast of Europe; 
rare in the Baltic and the Mediterra- 
nean; has occurred rarely in Italy; 
visits Algeria in winter, and Tangier, 
and is then found alone the north- 
west coast of Africa. (Dresser.) 
It is a summer visitor to the British 
Isles, where it breeds; Scandinavia; 
Faroe Isles; Iceland; and is found as 
far north as Nova Zembla. Eastward 
it is found on the coast of Holland and 
France; and according to Savi, it has 
once occurred in Genoa in winter 
1823. (Yarrell.) 
