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Winter plumage, adult: Upper parts, black or blackish; under parts, 

 white; smaller than the preceding species. 



Length, about 8; wing, about 4.50; bill, .50. 



Prof. Henry L. Ward records the capture of a single specimen of 

 this northern maritime species near Port Washington, Wisconsin, 

 some twenty-five miles north of Milwaukee. It was shot by a boy, 

 January 11, 1908, on Lake Michigan. The specimen is preserved in 

 the Milwaukee Public Museum. (The Auk, Vol. XXV, 1908, p. 215. ) 



It has also been taken in Michigan, a bird of this species having 

 been killed on the Detroit River, November 30, 1881. (O. and O., 

 Vol. VII, p. III.) 



Briinnich's Murre, Uria lomvia (Linn.). During the winter of 

 1896-97, a number of Briinnich's Murres were taken in different 

 parts of Indiana, Michigan (Detroit), Ohio, and Iowa. At least ten 

 were recorded from Indiana (one of them from Newton County), 

 although so far as we know none were actually taken in Illinois. As 

 the birds were all observed about the same time, it would seem likely 

 that they were driven from their usual hab- 

 itat by stress of weather. It is probable 

 that these birds arrived by way of Lake Erie, 

 but in this connection a statement by Messrs. 

 Kumlien and HoUister is of interest. They 

 say, "We are confident that some species of 

 Guillemot occur on Lake Superior in winter 

 and possibly also on Lake Michigan. There 

 is no positive evidence of a specimen ever 

 having been taken in Wisconsin waters, however." (Birds of Wiscon- 

 sin, 1903, p. 129. ) Those desiring further information are referred to 

 the following papers: A. W. Butler, Birds of Indiana, 1897, p. 564; 

 lb.. The Auk, Vol. XIV, 1897, p. 197; F. M. Woodruff, The Auk, 

 1897, p. 228; Anderson, Birds of Iowa, 1907, p. 152. 



Murres. 



Bill o£ Murre. 



