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RECORDS OF OTHER SPECIES. 



The long series of records of Brünnich's Murre are accom- 

 panied by few records of allied species, so few indeed as to 

 be of importance. I can find only the following" : — 



Razor-billed Auk (Alca torda) . 



1893— November 10th, Montreal, Quebec (12). 

 „ December 9th, Hamilton, Ontario. 



Dovekie (Alle alle). 



1899 — December 13th, Chincoteacpie Bay, Virginia 



(Auk, XVII., 1900, p. 293). 

 1901 — November 18th, Toronto, Ontario. 



Black Guillemot (Gepphus grulle). 



1892— October 29th, Lake St. Peter, Quebec (12). 

 1895 — December 19th, Toronto, Ontario. 



It would have been of interest to ascertain if these Black 

 Guillemots were not really G. mandili. The Toronto bird was 

 unfortunately destroyed. The record of October 29th does 

 not coincide with the date of migration of Brünnich's Murre 

 for that year. 



Of the Common Murre (Uria troile) I have been unable to 

 find a single record ; and even the old records, previous to 

 the period we are dealing with, from the New England coast, 

 I am informed, refer really to Uria lomvia. 



CONCLUSION. 



The Common Murre breeds in company with Briin- 

 nich's Murre on the Magdelens, and probably elsewhere in 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and had the migrations originated 

 in the Gulf it seems improbable that the records would have 

 been confined to the one species ; the Common Murre is the 

 most southern of the two, its range being confined to the 

 North Atlantic Ocean, while Briinnich's Murre is a truly 

 Arctic species, being found not only in the North Atlantic 



