Bird Notes from Long Island, N.Y. 
William Dntcber. 
2. Fratercula arctica. Puffin. —Mr. L. S. Foster, of New York City, 
permits me to record a specimen of this species, now in his collection, 
which was captured about December 15, 1882, at Centre Moriches, Suffolk 
Co. Mr. Giraud says : “It but seldom occurs, and only in winter on the 
coast of Long Island.”* 
Auk, V, April, 1888. p.171 
* Birds of Long Island, p. 374. 
NOTES CONCERNING CERTAIN BIRDS OF 
LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 
BY WILLIAM C. BRAISLIN, M. D. 
The following data for the most part relate to recent occurrences 
of species more or less rare or uncommon on Long Island. One 
species or hybrid (Helminthophila lawrencei) is here for the first 
time recorded from Long Island. The note concerning another 
species (Lanes minutus ) has to do with the occurrence of this 
bird in North America, as well as on Long Island, for the second 
time. 
Fratercula arctica. A specimen of the Puffin was sent me 
from Montauk by Mr. Arthur Miller, with a request that it might 
■be identified and its name furnished. The sender stated that but 
for its poor state of plumage, he should have kept the bird for 
mounting, as it was to him an ornithological curiosity. It was 
found on the beach, March 30 , 1902 . The state of plumage 
which rendered it an imperfect specimen for mounting rather 
added to its interest as a 1 skin,’ since it was due to moult. Its 
flight feathers are lacking, the new quills, although sprouting, 
being as yet rudimentary and entirely incapable of supporting it 
in the air. The feathers of the breast are largely wanting, leaving 
the skin well protected, however, by the abundant dark-colored 
down. Its comparatively helpless condition was doubtless re¬ 
sponsible for its having been driven ashore, where it perished in 
the surf An c, XX, Jan., 1903, p 
