ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES. 149 



Subgenus AETHIA Merrpm. 



Aethia cristatella (Pallas). Crested Auklet. [18.] 



Alca cristatella Pallas, Spic. Zool., I, Fasc. v, 1769, 18 (pi. iii; pi. v, figs. 

 7-9). (ultimarum versus Japoniam insularum maxime incola et circa 

 insulam Matmey = Hokushu (Yezo), Japan, to Kamchatka.) 



Range. — From Kodiak Island throughout the Aleutian and Commander 

 islands to the Kurile Islands and north to Diomede Island: largely resident. 

 Casual at Point Barrow and south to Japan in winter. 



Subgenus CICERO NIA Reichenbach. 



Ciceronia Reichenbach, Avium Syst. Nat., 1852 [1853], iii. Type, by 

 orig. desig., Phaleris nodirostra Bonaparte = Una pusilla Pallas. 



Aethia pusilla (Pallas). Least Auklet. [20.] 



Una pusilla Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiatica, II, 1811, 373. (circa 

 Camtschatcam = Kamchatka.) 



Range. — -Breeds from Diomede and other islands in Bering Sea, Cape 

 Lisbume, Kotzebue Sound, and the Aleutian Islands. Winters at sea from the 

 Aleutian and Commander islands south to Japan. Casual at Point Barrow, 

 Alaska and the Mackenzie delta. Accidental in Washington. 



Subgenus ALCELLA Stone. 



Alcella Stone, Auk, XXIV, No. 2, April, 1907, 197. Type, by orig. desig., 

 Alca pygmaea Gmelin. 



Aethia pygmaea (Gmelin). Whiskered Auklet. [19.] 



Alca pygmaea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. ii, 1789, 555. Based on the 

 Pygmy Auk Pennant, Arct. Zool., II, 513. (circa insulam avium inter 

 Asiam septentrionalem et Americam = Islands in Bering Sea.) 



Range. — Commander Islands to Kamchatka and Japan; rare in the 

 Aleutian Islands east to Unalaska; largely resident. 



Genus CERORHINCA Bonaparte. 



Cerorhinca Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., II, 1828, 427. Type, 

 by monotypy, Cerorhinca occidentalis Bonaparte = A Zca monocerata 

 Pallas. 



Cerorhinca monocerata (Pallas). Rhinoceros Auklet. [15.] 



Alca monocerata Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiatica, II, 1811, 362. (circa 

 promontorium S. Eliae Americae et ad littora insulae Kadiak = Cape 

 St. Elias, Alaska.) 



Range. — Breeds from St. Lazaria and Forrester islands, Alaska, south to 

 Washington, formerly to the Farallon Islands, California and west to the Aleu- 



