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Uria aalge califomica (Bryant). California Murre. [30o.] 



Catarractcs Californicus H. Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., VIII, 

 1861, 142. (Farrellones Islands, near San Francisco, California = 

 Farallon Islands.) 



Range. — Breeds on the coasts of Bering Sea and the North Pacific from 

 St. Matthew Island and Pribilof Islands south to California (the Farallons and 

 San Miguel Island) and west through the Aleutian and Commander islands to 

 Kamchatka. Winters from the Aleutian, Pribilof, and Commander islands 

 south to southern California. 



[An allied race of U. aalge occurs in the British Isles.] 



Uria lomvia lomvia (Linnaeus). Brtinnich's Murre, [31.] 



Alca Lomvia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 130. (in Europa 

 boreali = Greenland.) 



Range. — Breeds on the Eastern Arctic islands, Hudson Strait, Labrador, 

 and northern Greenland to the Gulf of St. LawTence and Magdalen Islands; 

 also on the Arctic coasts of Europe and Siberia. Winters from southern Green- 

 land and Hudson Bay to New York (Long Island) and casually to South 

 Carolina; also to Great Britain and the North Sea. Subject to irregular migra- 

 tory irruptions through the Great Lakes, to the interior of Iowa, Illinois, 

 Indiana, and Ohio. 



Uria lomvia arra (Pallas). Pallas's Murre. [31a.] 



Cepphus Arra Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiatica, II, 1811, 347. (in oceano 

 orientali circa Camtschatcam = Kamchatka.) 



Range. — Breeds from Kodiak, Aleutian, and Commander islands and 

 islands in Bering Sea and in the Arctic Ocean (Wrangel and Herald islands 

 and Koliuchin Island, Siberia) to Kotzebue Sound, Alaska; also recorded in 

 summer from Kamchatka, the Kurile Islands, and Japan. Winters in the 

 open sea about the Aleutian and Commander islands south to Japan. Casual 

 at Point Barrow, Alaska. 



Genus ALLE Link. 



Alle Link, Beschr. Nat. Samml. Univ. Rostock, I, 1806, 17. Type, by 

 monotypy, Alle nigricans Link = A^ca alle Linnaeus. 



Alle t'Ue (Linnaeus). Dovekie. [34.] 



Alca alle Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 131. (in Europae Amer- 

 icae arcticae oceano = Scotland.) 



Range. — Breeds on the north coasts and islands of Greenland, Iceland, 

 Spitzbergen, and Novaya Zemlya. Winters from southern Greenland to New 

 York (Long Island) casually to Delaware Bay and the coasts of Virginia, 

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