(Uria loinvia'), so far as my knowledge goes was first found here in 
December, 1892, at which time specimens were easily procured and added 
to the cabinet. They came in large numbers to St. Albans Bay, an arm 
of Lake Champlain, some three miles from town, during the winter of 
1892, returning in the winter of 1893, when a specimen was shot on the 
13th of December. In January, 1894, another specimen was shot in Rich- 
ford, an inland town bordering on the Canada line. In the past Decem¬ 
ber they came by thousands, the lake seeming, in places, fairly swarming 
with them. One sportsman shot 200, and each gunner brought more or 
less of them to town, many of which were taken alive. Those who have 
shot them say they are so tame one can almost catch them in their hands. 
They are in poor condition, apparently starving, and very many have 
been frozen into the ice and chopped out by fishermen. 
