4 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PYGOPODES. CEPPHI. 



GAVIIDAE. 



6. Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan) A. O. U. comm. 



Red-throated loon; Cape-race; Little loon; Red-throated diver; 

 Scape-grace. 



Colymbus stellatus Pontopp., Danske atlas, 1763, vol. 1, p. 621. 

 (Based on Willughby.) 



Colymbus septentrionalis Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, 

 vol. 7, p. 299, pi. 478. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 78, pi. 21, fig. 2. 



Salt w^ater mainly, sometimes on lakes; nests on the ground. 



Me., N. H. — Common migrant and winter resident, mainly 

 coastwise. (Aug. 16) Sept. 22-(June 22). 



Vt — Rare migrant. Nov. 1. 



Mass. — Uncommon spring, common fall migrant and winter 

 resident, mainly coastwise; casual in summer. Aug. 27- April 8 

 (July 2). 



R. I. — Common migrant and winter resident coastwise; a few 

 non-breeding birds summer offshore. Oct.l-iVpril 27 (summer). 



Conn. — Common winter resident, coastwise. Oct .-May. 



ALCIDAE. 



7. LuNDA ciRRHATA (Pallas) Pallas. 



Tufted puffin. 



Alca cirrhata Pallas, Spic. zool., 1769, fasc. 5, p. 7, pi. 1; pi. 2, 

 figs. 1-3. "in Mari inter Kamtschatkam et Americam Archi- 



PELAGUMGUE KuRILUM." 



Mormon cirrhatus Lath. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 234, pi. 462. 



Rocky sea coasts; nests in burrows. 



Me. — Accidental visitor: mouth of Kennebec River, winter of 

 1831-32. 



