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Melanetta velvetina, Baird. Coast in winter ; common. 

 Pelionetta perspicillata, Kaup. Coast in winter ; common. 

 Oidemia americana, Sw. Coast in fall and winter ; frequent. 

 Sumateria mollissima, Leach. Coast in fall, winter, and 



spring ; common ; a few breed on the islands in the Bay 



of Fundy. 

 S. speciabilis, Leach. Coast in winter ; rare. 

 Erismatura rubida, Bon. Coast in winter ; rare. 

 Mergus serro.tor, Linn. Coast in fall and winter ; common. 

 Lophodytes cucullatus, Reich. Coast in autumn ; rare ; a 



few breed in the northern part of the state. 

 Pelecanus erytlirorhynchus, Gm. Accidental on the coast ; 



very rare. — G-. A. Boardman. 

 Sula bassana, Briss. Coast in fall, winter, and spring ; very 



common. 

 Phalacrocorax carbo, Gray. Coast in winter ; common. 

 Graculus dilophus, Gray. Coast in winter ; not common. 

 Thalassidroma Leachii, Temm. Coast ; very common ; 



breeds abundantly on many of the islands along the coast, 



from Mount Desert to Grand Menan, and is much more 



numerous than any other Petrel. 

 T. "F^^/■so^^^, Bon. Coast; not common. I have never found 



this species breeding. 

 T. pelagica, Bon. Off the coast ; rare. 

 Pvffinus major^ Bon. Coast ; common in fall, winter and 



spring. 

 P. anglorum^ Temm. Coast ; common from August to 



spring. 

 P. fidiginosus, Strick. Coast ; common from August to 



spring. 

 Stercorarius, pomarinus, Temm. Autumn and winter on 



the coast ; common. 

 S. parasiticus, Temm. Coast in winter ; common. 

 ^S*. cepphus, Lawr. Coast ; common from August to spring. 

 Larus leucopterus, Fabr. Coast in winter ; rare. 

 Lams marinus, Linn. Fall and winter ; not common. A 



few appear to breed on the islands in the Bay of Fundy. — 



G. A. Boardman. 

 L. delewarensis, Ord. Coast in fall and spring ; not com- 

 mon. 

 •Chrooecocephalus atricillus, Lawr. Eesident on the coast ; a 



few breed on the islands ; not common. 



