BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



727 



Adult male.— Wing, 198-215 (208.2) ; tail, 46-49.5 (48) ; exposed 

 culmen, 30.5-36.5 (34.3) ; depth of bill at gonydeal angle, 13.5-14.5 

 (14); tarsus, 32.5-38 (35.3) ; middle toe, 40-45.5 (43.6) .« 



Adult female.— Wing, 198-209 (203.5); tail, 47-51 (48.9); exposed 

 culmen, 31-37.5 (35.1) ; depth of bill at gonydeal angle, 13-14.5 (14) ; 

 tarsus, 30.5-37 (34.1) ; middle toe, 41-46.5 (44.2)." 



Coasts and islands of northern Atlantic Ocean and eastward to 

 Cape Chel3aiskin (Taimyr Peninsula), Novaya Zemlya, Jan Mayen 

 Land, Spitzbergen, etc.; in North America breeding from southern 

 EUesmere Land and northern Greenland (Cape Alexander) to northern 

 portion of Hudson Bay, coast of Labrador, and islands in Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence (Bird Rocks) ; in winter southward to coast of Maine, 

 etc., casually, or during severe winters, to Virginia (Cape Charles, 

 Dec. 31, 1890), North Carolina (Newberne, Dec. 22 or 23, 1896), 

 and South CaroUna (Anderson, Dec. 19, 1896, 8 specimens), and in 

 the interior to New York (Seneca Lake, Dec. 13, 1895, May, 1876, 

 and Dec. 26, 1896; Orleans County, Dec. 5 and 25, 1894; Johns- 

 town), Ontario (Lake Ontario, frequent in winter; near Kingston, 

 July, 1897, 3 specimens; Toronto, numerous in Nov, and Dec, 

 1893); Ohio (Sandusky Bay, Dec. 19, 1896, 3 specunens; Lorain, 

 Dec. 25, 1896, 6 specimens; near Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Dec, 

 1897), Indiana (Fall Creek, near IndianapoHs, Dec 17, 1896; Hazel- 

 rigg, Boone County, Dec 15, 1896; near Fowler, Benton County, 

 Dec. 20, 1896; near Re3rnolds, White County, March, 1869; Iro- 

 quois Township, Newton County, Deo. 31, 1896), Illinois (Picard, 

 Dec 10, 1896), Michigan (near Greenville, Dec 13, 1894; near 

 Gibraltar, Dec. 26, 1896, flock of 10), and Iowa; in Europe, south- 

 ward in whiter to Norway and (more rarely) British Islands. 



[Alca] lomvin Linv^eus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 130 (n. Europe; based on Lom- 



via Clusius, Exot., 367, etc.). 

 Cutarractes lomvia Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., viii, 1861, 140, figs. 1, 4 



(monogr) . 



o Five specimens. 



b Four specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALE^. 



<Jae adult male from Spitzbergen 



Four adult males from Atlantic coast of Xorth America. 

 Eight adult males from Alaska ( U. I. arm) 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from Spitzbergen 



Three adult females from Greenland 



Si.x adult females from Alaska ( U. I. arra) 



206.5 

 208.6 

 221.7 



204 



2a3.3 



217.2 



49.5 

 47.6 

 51.1 



51 



48.2 



51.6 



45 



43.2 



45.9 



45.5 

 43.8 

 45.9 



