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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



D. Culmen over If long 5. Murre. 



D. Culmen less than If long 0. Briinnich's Murre. 



E. Greater wing coverts wholly white 4. Mandt's Guillemot. 



E. Greater ^Ying coverts black at base 3. Black Guillemot. 



F. Upper parts, including a band around throat, brownish-black ; belly 



white 2. Puf&n. 



F. Upper parts a glossy blue-black ; belly grayish-brown ; head of the 

 adult with crests of yellow feathers 1. Tufted Puffin. 



1. Tufted Puffin (12. Lunda cirrhiita). — A bird similar in 

 form to the next, with the upper parts a glossy blue-black and 



the lower ones grayish- 

 brown. The head is fur- 

 ~_^ \ nished with two crests of 



^ : d^J^^ ^^m^^ A yellow, silky feathers above 



tlie eyes, and the face por- 

 ■-/ ^^^^^^^^H'A tion of the head is white. 



Yortng lacks crests, white 

 face, and the grooves of 

 Tnfted Puffin the bill. 



Length, 15 ; wing, 7| ; tail, 2| ; tarsus, 1^ ; culmen, 2f. North Pacific ; 

 accidental on coast of Maine. 



2. Puffin (13. Fraten-ula drctica). — A very stout-billed diver, 

 with the upper parts, including a band around the neck, bro^vn- 

 ish-black, breast and belly white, and the sides of the head 

 grayish - white. The 

 bill in life, especially 

 during the breeding 

 season, is peculiarly 

 ridged and of bright 

 red, bhie, and Avhite 

 colors. Breeding birds 

 have a horny spine 

 over the eye. (Sea 

 Parrot.) 



Length, 13 ; wing, fij 

 (6-6f); tail, 2i; tarsus, 1; 

 culmen, 1|. North Atlan- Puffin 



