8 FAI'XA OF XEW EXGL.IXD. 



PYGOPODES. CEPPHI. 



ALCIDAE. 



Me., X. H., ISIass. — Formerly a winter visitor coa.stT\ise. 

 Pl. I., Coxx. — Probably occurred formerly as a winter A-isitoi 

 coastwise (bones in shell heaps at Block Id., R. L). 



14. Alle alle iXinnej Stejneger. 



Dovekie; Ice-bird; Knotty; Little auk; Pine-knotty; Rotche; 

 Sea dove. 



Alca alle Limie, Syst. nat., ed. 10. 1758. vol. 1. p. 131. "in 



EUROP-\E, A:yiEPJC-VE .AECTIC.^E OCE.^-O." 



Mergulus alle Linne. Audubon, Birds of Axaer., 1844, vol. 7, 

 p. 257, pi. 469. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 95, pi. 26, fig. 3. 

 Rocky coasts; nests on ledges or in crevices of sea chffs. 



Me. — Uncommon T\-inTer Aisitor coastwise, casual inland; 

 Late Xov.-Mar. 15. 



X". H. — Uncommon winter visitor coasfnise; casual inland. 



Yt. — Accidental ■uinter ^'isiT0^. 



]\L\ss. — Uncommon winter visitor, coast"o-ise; casual inland. 

 (Sept.) Xov. 4-:\Iay 1. 



R. I. — Rare and irregular winter visitor coastwise; casual in- 

 land. Xov. 14-April 27. 



Coxx. — Rare and irregular winter Aisitor coastwise; casual 

 inland. fSept.) Xov. 10. 



LONGIPEXXE.S. 



STERCORAPJID-IE. 



15. ^NIegale.stris .skua fBrunnich) Ridgway. 



Skua; Great Skua; Sea-hen. 



Catharacta skua Briinn., Ornith. boreahs, 1764, p. 33. "e 

 Feroa & Islaxtdia." 



Megalestri-s catarrhacfes (Xinne). Saunders, Cat. birds Brit- 

 ish mus., 1896, vol. 25. p. 315. 



