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MORMON ARCTICUS. THE ARCTIC PUFFIN. 



PUFFIN. POPE. SEA PAKROT. COULTERNEB. GULDER-HEAD. 

 TAMMY-NORRIE. BUIKIR. MULLET. BOTTLE-NOSE. 



Alca arctica. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 211. 



Alca arctica. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 792. 



Puffin. Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Supplt. 



Fratorcula arctica. Flcm. Brit. Anim. 130. 



Macaraux moine. Mormon Fratorcula. Tcmm. Man. d'Ornith. II. 933. 



Common Puffin. Fratcrcula arctica. Selby, lUustr. Brit. Ornith. II. 439. 



Fratercula arctica. Jen. Brit. Vert. Anim. 260. 



Mormon arcticus. Bonap. Comp. List, 66. 



Bill loith three curved furrows on each mandible toumrd 

 the end ; the basal rim and first ridge on both dull yellow, the 

 intervening space greyish-blue, the rest bright-red ; an oblique, 

 pointed, horny appendage above, and an elongated narrow 

 pilate below the eye ; upper parts greyish-black ; loiocr white ; 

 sides of the head greyish-white / throat grey ; a band of 

 brownish-grey on the neck. 



