28 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



the Great Bird rock, Bryon island and Entry island, Magdalei 

 islands. Gulf of St. Lawrence. (Bishop) Common along the 

 St. Lawrence at Kamouraska, Que. (Dionne.) Common from th( 

 middle Labrador coast to Frobisher strait ; they are not founc 

 in Cumberland gulf, but are by no means rare on the west coas 

 of Greenland. {Kumelin.) 



The first notice we have of the occurrence of this species Ir 

 Ontario is in the published proceedings of the Canadian Institute 

 The specimen there recorded was taken on December loth, 1889 

 a second specimen was taken near the west end of Lake Ontaric 

 in November, 1871, and Mr. J. H. Fleming mentions another as 

 having been taken near Hamilton, Ont. 



Breeding Notes. — This species breeds abundantly at Gannel 

 islands, coast of Labrador. Mr. Dick collected a number of eggs 

 for me on July 2nd, 1895. Like the common murre, this bird lays 

 its egg on a ledge of the sea-cliff. This species, like the black 01 

 pigeon guillemot, sometimes lays two eggs, but one is the usua! 

 number. [Raine.) 



XVL PLAUTUS Brunnich. 1772. 



33. Great Auk. 



Plautus impennis (Linn.) Steenstr. 1855. 



Formerly very abundant around Newfoundland, but now extinct 

 Last living specimen seen in 1852 ; a dead specimen picked up in 

 Trinity bay, 1853. (Reeks.) First discovered in Greenland in 

 1574. {Arct. Man.) 



XVII. ALLE Link. i8o6. 



34. Dovekie. Little Auk. 



Alle alle (Linn.) Stejn. 1885. 



Winter resident at Grand Manan, N.B. (Chamberlain) For- 

 merly common but now rare along Nova Scotia. (Downs) h 

 very common periodical migrant in October along the Newfound- 

 land coast. (Reeks) Common in Hudson strait ; occurs plenti- 

 fully along the eastern coast of Labrador. (Packard) Said to 

 breed no further south in Greenland than Lat.68° N. ; common ir 



