12 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



31. Uria lomvia (Linn.). 



Briinnlch's Murre. 



Alca lomvia Linn. S. N. ed. lo, I. 1758, 130. 



Uria lomvia Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. VIII. May, 1861, 75. 



[B 731, C 63s, R 764s, C 876.] 



Geog. Dist. — Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic and 

 eastern Arctic Oceans ; south to the lakes of northern New York 

 and the coast of New Jersey. Breeding from the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence northward. 



31a. Uria lomvia arra (Pall.). 



Pallas's Murre. 



Cepphus arra Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. II. 1826, 347. 



Uria lomvia arra Ridgw. Water B. N. Am. II. Sept. 1884, 485. 



[B — , C - R 764, C -.J 



Geog. Dist. — Coasts and islands of the North Pacific and 

 western Arctic Oceans, south to Kadiak and Kamchatka. 



Genus ALCA Linnaeus. 



Alca Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 130. Type, by elimination, 

 Alca torda Linn. 



32. Alca torda Linn. 



Razor-billed Auk. 



Alca torda Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 130. 



[B 711, C 616, R 742, C 877.J 



Geog. Dist. — Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic, south in 

 winter on the North American coast casually to North Carolina, 

 breeding from eastern Maine northward. 



Genus PLAUTUS Brunnich. 

 Plautus Brunn. ZooI. Fund. 1772, 78. Type, Alca impennis Linn. 



