GENERAL NOTES. 
Briinnich’s Murre in Connecticut.—The occurrence of Briinnich’s Murre 
(Uria lomvia) along the Connecticut coast during the past winter (1S90- 
91) in large numbers, seems worthy of notice, since the species was not 
recorded in Linsley’s orMerriam’s list, nor have I seen any Connecticut 
record- 
On February 7 I picked up a dead specimen on the beach at Bridge¬ 
port and a few days later three more. The finding of these specimens 
was the first indication I had of the occurrence of the bird, as I had been 
absent from home during the winter until the above mentioned date. 
At New Haven I saw a stuffed specimen in the store of Folsom & Co. 
and learned that it was secured at Saugatuck Harbor by Mr. D. C. 
Sanford, a government surveyor, who had also secured another at that 
place. 
Mr. W. F. Davis of Stony Creek writes me that hundreds could be seen 
there from the 1st to the 10th of January, so tame they could be taken in 
the hand; they could fly but seemed hungry and fatigued, some be¬ 
ing found five miles from the salt water; he thought many died of 
starvation He adds that he used to see great numbers of them when a 
boy, at Nantucket Shoals, where they were called Murres. 
At Stratford I found a stuffed specimen in the village drug store and 
another in the possession of Mr. L. B. Beers. They had been seen in 
large numbers and attracted general attention. They were described as 
very tame but no one that I talked with seemed to think that they had 
starved. Mr. Theodore Judson, keeper of the Stratford Light, assured me 
that he had seen the bird occasionally before, but had regarded it as rare. 
Mr. Win. H. Hayt, an associate member of the A. O. U., writes me 
from Stamford as follows : “The Murres were plentiful here from Dec. 20 
to about Feb. 10. A large number were shot. Fourteen specimens fell 
under my own observation. They all seemed to be in the last stages of 
starvation. One was found by the road side at some distance from the 
shore where it had evidently fallen from exhaustion. The stomachs of 
those which I examined contained nothing but sand. 
I received information from several other persons at different places 
but think the above sufficient to indicate the extent of the movement. 
As all the specimens I examined were Briinnich’s Murre, I refer all the 
notes to that species. 
Since writing the above I have been informed by Mr. D. C. Sanford 
that from Penfield Reef Light House, off Black Rock, to the mouth of 
Saugatuck River “there were thousands of them, and hundreds weie 
shot off Saugatuck.”—C. K. Averill, Jr., Bridgeport, Conn. 
-Auk, 8, July , 189L p. 307-30V 
Auk, XII, July, 1895, PP-f"*"- 
Notes on Some Connecticut Birds.—Una lomvia.—A few of these 
northern birds entered the Connecticut River in December, 1894. Two 
were killed at Essex on the nth of that month and sent to me. At Port¬ 
land, three were seen Dec. 14, and five on the 22d—specimens being taken 
at each date which are in my collection. I have never seen Briinnich’s 
Murre in this immediate vicinity before. 
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Brunnich’s Murre (Uria lomvia ) in Connecticut.— I have a specimen 
of this species which was shot at Rocky Hill, Conn., Nov. lS, 1893. 
The man who shot it said it was very tame and that it permitted a very 
near approach. On dissection it was found to be in very lean condition. 
This is the first occurrence of this bird in this locality so far as I can 
learn.— Willard E. Treat, East Hartford, Conn ^ X//, ' 77 ' 
