22 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LONGIPENNES. 



RYXCHOPIDAE. 



41. Ry^'CHOPS xiGRA Linne. 



Black skimmer; Cut-water; Scissor-bill; Sea-crow; Sea-dog; 

 Razor-bill. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 138. "Ajmerica. 

 Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844,. vol. 7, p. 67, pi. 428. 

 Seacoasts; nests on sandy shores. 



Me. — Accidental visitor: Matinicus Id.; off Saco, Aug. 31, 

 1879; Washington Co.; Wells Bay. 



Mass. — Occasional summer \isitor coastwise, said to have 

 bred about 1830 at Muskeget Id.; casual inland (Springfield). 

 July 16-Aug. 19. 



Coxx. — Accidental Aisitor: Stonington (Linsley). 



TUBINARES. 



PROCELLARIIDAE. 



42. FuoiARUS GLACiALis (Linne) Stephens. 



Fulmar; Marbleheader; Noddy; Oil-bird. 

 Procellaria glacialis Linne, Fauna Suec, ed. 2, 1761, p. 51. 



"iX MARI SEPTEXTR. IXTRA CIRCULrM ARCTICUM." Audubon, 



Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 204, pi. 455. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, 

 p. 73, pi. 20, fig. 5. 



Mainly pelagic; nests in shallow burrows or on cliffs. 



Me. — Rare winter \isitor offshore: "coast of Maine," March, 

 1879. 



Mass. — Rare fall and winter ^•isitor offshore: Georges Bank. 

 Oct. 28-winter. 



