Briinnich’s Murre in Lewis and Jefferson Counties, New York. — On 
Nov. 29, 1900, I had an adult male specimen of Uria lomvia brought to 
me by a farmer who stated he caught him alive in a mud hole near his 
home. This is, I believe, the first instance of the capture of this species 
in Lewis County. 
A few days later, Dec. 4, I received another from a gunner at Redwood, 
Jefferson County, who stated there was quite a large flock of them on the 
lake at that place. This specimen had eight small black bass in its 
stomach, the largest three inches long. — James H. Miller, Loivvilte, 
Lewis Co., N. V. Auk> XVIIIj ApriL> 1901i p J 9 2 . 
Notes from Northern New York.— At Chateaugay Lake, Clinton Co., 
N. Y., on Dec. 24, I saw a typical specimen of Uria lomvia which had 
been shot on the lake just before it was closed by the ice that is, about 
Dec. 12 or 13, 1900. 
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Uria lomvia. Brunnich’s Murres occurred on the Long Island 
coast during the winter of 1901-02. Four were obtained from 
various localities. On Dec. 6, 1901, a female was killed at Sag 
Harbor on a fresh-water pond. It came into the possession of 
Mr. Ivan C. Byram a taxidermist of that village, who sent it to me 
in the flesh. Mr. Robt. R. Peavey of Brooklyn shot one at Rock- 
away Beach on Dec. 26, and kindly presented it to me. A 
member of the crew of the Amagansett Life-saving Station, George 
H. Mulford, found one on the beach, dead, at that place Dec. 30, 
1901, and another on March 2, 1902. The last is rather remark¬ 
able as a Long Island specimen of the species, in that the feather 
coloration approaches nearly, if not quite, the full nuptial plumage. 
The feathers of the chin, sides of the throat and neck are of the 
dark, sooty color seen in adults collected at their breeding stations. 
No other skin which I have seen from Long Island has the dark 
coloring so much developed. This may be attributed to the date 
of occurrence, which is a late one for the species in this latitude. 
The bill of this bird is larger than our usual specimens, its depth, 
in fact, somewhat exceeding the limit for U. lomvia as indicated in 
Chapman’s ‘ Birds of Eastern North America.’ 
Auk, XX, Jan., 1008, p. 57* 
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Some Rare Occurrences in Yates County, N. Y.— Brunnich’s Murre 
(Uria lomvia).— A female Brunnich’s, Murre was killed in the inlet of 
Keuka Lake at Branchport Dec. 1, 1902 , by Myron Pelton and the skin is 
now in my collection. It was apparently unable to rise from the water 
and was killed with a boat oar. There was not a particle of fat on the 
body and the stomach and intestines were entirely empty. 
Auk 27, Aw*•1810 p, %/g. 
