* 1879.) a) [Brewer. 
Scituate in November, 1877, by Mr. Geo. E. Browne of Dedham, 
and now in the collection of that gentleman. 
Fulmarus glacialis Steph. In my catalogue this species was 
given in my challenged list as referred to our coast but without any 
known fact to corroborate this opinion. It must now, however, take 
its place among our birds, though how common it may be remains to 
be ascertained. Earlyin November last I saw a living specimen of 
this bird in the yard of Mr. Geo. O. Welch, to whom it had been sent 
for mounting, and I subsequently learned from Mr. Milner, Prof. 
Baird’s assistant, that it had been taken by Capt. Wm. Sweet of the 
fishing schooner Grace C. Hadley, Oct. 28, 1878, by a cod-hook on 
the eastern part of George’s Bank. 
Stercorarius catarractes Temm. The interesting capture of 
one of this species last summer on the Georges Banks, its subsequent 
preservation by Prof. Baird, who secured it as an example for the 
National Museum, are matters of record, and entitle the Fulmar Petrel 
to a place among the Birds of New England. Mr. R. L. Newcomb, 
who under the directions of Prof. Baird, spent three weeks on the 
Banks, mentions in his published note, seeing another of this species, 
but how many or if there were more than one is not stated. 
In this connection a mere mention of the sea-going species secured 
by Mr. Newcomb for the Smithsonian collection will not be out of 
place. 
Puffinus major Fisher.1 Greater Shearwater; P. fuliginosus Strick. 
Sooty Shearwater. Stercorarius pomatorhinus; S. crepidatus; S. 
parasiticus; Sulla bassana. 
XemaSabini Bon. The occurrence of Sabine’s Gull on the New 
England coast is so rarely mentioned that all instances are worthy of 
record whenever noted. In June 1878, I received a letter from 
Mr. George A. Boardman of Milltown, N. B., dated June 15th, from 
which I make the following extract: “Iwas lucky enough to get a 
nice Sabine Gulla few weeks ago. I have known this bird to be about 
almost every Spring, but was never before able to get one, and only 
succeeded by getting a cart-load, almost, of Bonaparte gulls. As you 
go from Eastport to Calais, you can often see with a good glass a gull 
1 Mr. Newcomb in his notes (Bull. Nutt. Club, Iv.,. 126), refers to having seen 
several specimens of Puffinus anglorum. As there is no record of the occurrence 
of this species on this coast, and as it is with difficulty distinguished from P. major, 
which is abundant on the Banks, it is quite probable that he was mistaken. I do 
not feel justified in including it until one has.actually been taken... 
