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Long Island, A. V. in winter. 



JS'eat in a burrow in the ground or in crevices among rocks. Egg, one, dull 

 /fhite, sometimes witli obscure markings, 2'40 x 1'68. 



Mr. Brewster, in describing his experience with this species in the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence, writes: "Ihe first report of our guns brought 

 dozens tumbling from their nests. Their manner of descending from 

 the higher portions of the cliff was peculiar. Launching into the air 

 with heads depressed and wings held stiffly at a sharp angle above their 

 backs, they would shoot down like meteors, checking their speed by an 

 upward turn Just before reaching the water. In a few minutes scores 

 had collected about us. They were perfectly silent and very tame, 

 passing and repassing over and by us, often coming within ten or fif- 

 teen yards. On such occasions their flight has a curious resemblance 

 to that of a Woodcock, but when coming in from the fishing grounds 

 they skim close to the waves, and the wings are moved more in the 

 manner of a Duck " (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xxii, 1883, p. 407). 



13a:. F. a. gla>cia/lis (TVmm.). Lakge-billed Puffin. — Similar to 

 the preceding, but larger. W., 6-80-7-4:O ; B., 2-00-2-30 (B., B., and K.). 



Range. — " Coast and islands of the Arctic Ocean from Spitzbergen to 

 Battiu'sBay"(A. O. U.). 



The Tufted Puffin (12. Lunda cirrhata) inhabits the North Pacific from 

 California to Alaska. The specimen figured by Audubon was said by him 

 to have been procured at the mouth of the Kennebec Kiver, Maine. There is 

 no other record of its occurrence on the Atlantic coast. 



27. Ceppbus grylle {Linn.). Black Guillemot ; Sea Pigeon. Ad. 

 in summer.— Sootj black, lighter below and with slight greenish reflections 

 above; lesser wing-coverts and terminal half of the greater wing-coverts 

 white, tJie basal Mlf of the greater coverts black; linings of the wings white. 

 Ad. in «!*«!;«?•.— Upper parts gray or black, the feathers all more or less tipped 

 with white; wings as in summer; under parts white /m.— Upper parts as 

 in winter adults ; under parts white, mottled with black ; wing-coverts tipped 

 with black. L., 13-00 ; W., 6-25 ; Tar., 1-25 ; B., 1-20. 



_ga,ij,^._Breeds in North America from the Bay of Fundy (Grand Menan) 

 northward, and migrates southward regularly to Cape Cod, and rarely to Con- 

 necticut and Long Island ; accidental in Pennsylvania. 



Long Island, A. V. in winter. 



Nest, in the crevices and fissures of cliffs and rooky places. Eggs, two to 

 three, dull white, sometimes with a greenish tinge, more or less heavily 

 spotted with clear and obscure dark chocolate markings, more numerous and 

 sometimes confluent at the larger end. 2-18 x 1-40. 



'■They were wary and alert, but allowed me to paddle within easy 

 shooting distance without displaying much alarm. When they finally 

 concluded I was an unsafe neighbor, they lost no time in getting out 

 of sight, diving with surprising suddenness. They usually swam a 



