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Lomvia arra brunnichi and L. troile in New England. —Mr. 
Merrill’s note on these birds in the July number of this Bulletin (p. 
igi) was a timely correction of a long established error, for the common 
Murre found in winter oft' the New England coast is, as he has stated, 
Lomvia arra brunnichi , and not L. troile. At different times during the 
past ten years I have examined specimens from various points along the 
shores of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts , and all of the nu¬ 
merous birds that have come under my notice have proved to be Brunnich’s 
Guillemots. Indeed the example of L. troile mentioned by Mr. Merrill 
is the only New England one of which I have any knowledge. Dr. Coues 
says that the young of L. troile in their first winter plumage “are col¬ 
ored precisely like the adults, but may be always distinguished by their 
much shorter and slenderer bills which are in great part light colored 
(yellowish).”* If the latter peculiarity be constant it will afford a ready 
mark of distinction between young of the two species, for the bill in 
young briinnichi , so far as I have seen, is invariably black.— William 
Brewster. Cambridge, Maes, N> Q 1&Q2 p< 6 2 . 
Lomvia arra briinnichi (Scl.) Ridgtv. Brunnich’s Guillemot; and 
Lomvia troile (. Linn .) Brandt. Common Guillemot. — These birds 
are found on our coast in the winter season, Brunnich’s Guillemot being 
quite numerous, while the Common Guillemot is more rare. Some idea 
of their comparative numbers may perhaps be obtained from the fact that 
during the past two years I have procured some thirty specimens from 
different points on our coast (from Grand Manan to South Bristol) and 
out of this number only one was a representative of the Common Guille¬ 
mot (/,. troile .) The experience of Mr. N. A. Eddy of this city is exactly 
similar, and out of about an equal number of specimens he has obtained 
but a single example of troile. Other collectors in this vicinity who have 
received numbers of Guillemots have not obtained a specimen of Lomvia 
troile. 
Bull N. O. O, 7 , July, 1882, p, / 9/. 
Auk, 4, April 1887, p, /C# 
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* 7 one Brflnnich’s Murre ( Uriallomvia),) 
I he Biiinnich s Murre, usually an abundant visitor in 
the late autumn, has been apparently nearly wanting the past season.— 
William Brewster, Cambridge , Mass. 
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