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water deep enough to cover it, while in flight it is equally sus- 

 picious of man and his inventions, being rarely deceived by a 

 blind, however skilfully constructed. 



5. Gavia arctica. Black-throated Loox. 



Known on Long Island from a single specimen, captured 

 at Sands' Point, April 29, 1S93 (Dutcher, Auk, x, 1S93, p. 

 265). It is a species of the far North and its occurrence here 

 is casual. 



6. Gavia lumme. Red-throated Loox. 



A transient visitor, September 14 (Rockaway) to December 

 30 (Rockaway) and March 30 (Rockaway) to May 11 (Port 

 Jefferson, Dutcher, Auk, v, 1888, p. 171). 



It is, at times, a common bird along the ocean front, espe- 

 cially in autumn; but adults, with the bright chestnut patch 

 on the throat, from which the bird takes its name, are rarely 

 observed here. INIost of those found, even in the Spring, have 

 the throat gray. 



7. Fratercula arctica. Puffix; Sea Parrot. 



Giraud (Birds of Long Island 1844, p. 374) says: ''It 

 but seldom occurs, and only in winter on the coast of Long 

 Island." His statement covers the case at present. Two 

 recent records only are known to the writer: Centre ^Moriches, 

 December 15, 1882 (Dutcher, Auk, v, 1888, p. 171) and Hither 

 Plain Life Saving Station, jNTontauk, INIarch 30, 1902 (Brais- 

 lin. Auk, XX, 1903, p. 50). They appear to live at sea while 

 off the Long Island shore, and here, lacking the needed shelter 

 afforded them by their native cliffs, fall an easy prey to severe 

 storms. An occasional specimen is thus washed up on the 

 beach, either dead or so exhausted and bruised in the surf 

 as to shortly succumb to its injuries. 



8. Cepphus grylle. Black Guillemot. 



But one record exists for Long Island, namely, a specimen 



