BIRDS OF VERMONT. 
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Merganser ; Goosander ; Fish Duck. Mergiis merganser. 
Not common, but breed at Groton Pond, and said to at Mem- 
[)hremagog. 
Hooded Merganser. Mergus cucullatus. 
Rare. Builds nest in old trees or stumps. 
FAMILY PHALACROCORACID^.— Cormorants. 
Common Cormorant. Phalacrocorax carho^ Leach. 
One shot four years ago on the Connecticut, at Lunenburgh. 
Supposed he was driven inland in a storm, as it was just after a 
violent easterly gale. 
FAMILY LARID^. — Jaegers; Gulls; Terns and Skimmers. 
Glaucous Gull, or Burgomaster. J^anis glaucus, Brunn. 
One shot on Maidstone meadows by Dr. Dodge ; the only one, 
as far as I know, ever seen in Vermont. 
Bonaparte's Gull. Chroicocephalus Philadelphia^ Lawr. 
Specimen in cabinet shot at Newport. Not common. 
FAMILY COLYMBID^.— Loons. 
Great Northern Diver, or Loon. Colymbus torquatus^ Brunn. 
Common ; breeds here ; nests on ground. 
FAMILY ALCID^.— Auks. 
Sea Dove ; Little Auk, or Dovekie. Alle nigricans, Link. 
In 1874, after a severe easterly storm of snow, many were 
found in New Hampshire and Vermont, and killed ; rarely one 
is so killed now. Suppose they were blown inland in the storm, 
having lost their way. 
