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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Uria minor Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool., xii, pt. 2, 1824, 246. 



Uria norvegica Brehm, Handb. Voo;. Deutschl., 1831, 983. 



Uria intermedia Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, ii, 1835, 506. 



Uria lomvia (not Alca lomvia Linnaeus) Brunnich, Orn. Bor., 1764, 27. — Nau- 

 MANN, Vog. Deutschl., xii. 1844, 508, pi. 331. — Reichenbach, Natatores, 

 1850, pi. 8, figs. 39-42.— ScHiNZ, Nat. Vog., 1853, 221, pi. 102.— Cassix, in 

 Bdrd, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., is, 1858, 913.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 

 1859, no. 729. — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1867, 300 (vicinity New 

 York City).— Fritsch, Nat. Vog. Eur., 1870, 493; Atlas, 1871, pi. 60, fig. 7.— 

 Samuels, Nests and eggs N. Am. Birds, 1883, 568.— Hartert, Ibis, 1892, 

 522 (Danzig, Germany). 



ZT[ria] lomvia Keyserling and Blasius, Wirb. Eur., 1840, pp. xcii, 238. 



Alca lomvia Schleqel, Mus. Pays-Bas, vi, no. 33 (Urinatores), 1867, 15. 



Uria briinnichii (not of Sabine, 1817) Battye, Icebound on Kolguev, 1895, 20; Ibis, 

 1896, 155. 



(?) [Colymbus troile, var.] ^3 Donndorff, Beytr. Zool.. ii, pt. i, 1794, 875. 



(?) {Colymbus troile, var.] y Donndorff, Beytr. Zool., ii, pt. i, 1794, 876. 



(?) *' Columbus langvia Plafp, Reise n. Isl. p. 562. "« (Br>'ant.) 



URIA TROILLE CALIFORNICA (Bryant). 



CALIFORNIA MURRE. 



Similar to U. t. troille but with wing, culmen, aiid middle toe aver- 

 aging longer and bill deeper through gonydeal angle, with culmen 

 less curved. 



Adult male.— Wing, 199-212 (203.9); tail, 45-51 (47.4); exposed 

 culmen, 43.5-50 (46.1); depth of bill at gonydeal angle, 13-15 (14.1); 

 tarsus, 34-38 (36.3); middle toe, 43-50 (45.9).« 



Adult female.— Wing, 182-223.5 (204); tail, 39-53 (45.6); exposed 

 culmen, 42-58 (45.7) ;'* depth of bill at gonydeal angle, 14-15.7 (15);^ 

 tarsus, 33-40.6 (36.3); middle toe, 43-48.3 (45).'^ 



<*The correct citation is probably Colymbus langvigia Olaffson, Reise, etc. (Coues.) 

 ^ Eleven specimens. c Four specimens. 



Locality. 



M.-VLES. 



Two adult males from California 



Two adult males from Washiiiston (.July) 

 Seven adult males from Alaska 



FEM.M.ES. 



Three adult females from California 



Eight adult females from Alaska 



Wing. 



199 

 204 

 205.3 



189 

 209.7 



Tail. 



45.5 



48 



47.9 



4,i. 5 

 47.1 



Ex- 

 posed 



cul- 

 men. 



44.7 

 48.5 



4,5. 7 



45 

 45.9 



Depth 

 of bill 



at 

 t;onv- 

 Vieal 

 angle. 



14 



14.5 



14.1 



Tarsus. 



.37.2 

 37.2 

 35.7 



34.7 

 36.9 



Middle 

 toe. 



4.5.7 

 47. 5 

 45. 5 



44. S 

 45.1 



Should the difference in size between specimens from California on the one hand and 

 those from Washington and northward prove constant, the name californica should 

 be restricted to the southern form (the diagnosis of the subspecies being at the same 

 time emended, since the California bird is not 1 irger than the Atlantic one), and a new 

 name provided for the northern subspecies. 



