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Nat. Vog. Europ., 1870, 404; Atlas, 1871, pi. 59, fig. 6.— Perkins, Am. Nat., 

 vii, 1873, 240 (Fairfax, Vt., Dec.).— Palme.v. Vega-Exped., 1887, 385 (Spitz- 

 bergen. Van Mfejen Bay, etc.).— Clarke (W. E.), Zoologist, 1890, 43 (Jan 

 Mayen Land; habits). 



[Uria] arm Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1867, 300 (vicinity New York 

 City). 



[Lomvia] arm Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 346, part. 



Lomvia arm Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 635, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 876, part.- - 

 Barrows, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xix, 1877, 160, part (monogr.). — Kum- 

 LiEN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 15, 1879, 105 (Resolution Island; Grinnell 

 Bay, Cumberland Gulf).— Goss, Trans. Kansas Ac. Sci., viii, 1883 59 (Bird 

 Rocks, Gulf of St. Lawrence). — Stearns and Coues, New Engl. Bird Life, 

 ii, 1883. 398. 



Alca arra Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, vi, no. 33 (Urinatores), 1867, 16. 



Uria troille (not of Linnaeus, 1758) Brunnich, Orn. Bor., 1764, 27 (Iceland). 



Uria troilc Wood (N. A.), Bull. Mich. Orn. Club, 1897, 10 (near Gibraltar, Mich- 

 igan; flock of 10, Dec. 26, 1896). 



Una Jrancsii Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc, xii, 1819, 538, 588 ("near Ferrol"). — 

 Temminck, Man. d'Orn., 2d ed., pt. ii, 1820, 924. — Stephens, Shaw's Gen. 

 Zool., xii, pt. 2, 1824, 243.— Werner, Atlas. Palmipedes, 1828, pi. 96.— 

 Schinz, Europ. Faun., i, 1840, 360.— De Kay, New York Zool., Birds, 1844, 

 280. 



Uria polaris Brehm, Lehrb. Eur. Yog., \)t. ii, 1824, 931 (Greenland); Handb. 

 Vog. Deutschl., 1831, 984, pi. 45, fig. 1. 



[Uria troile] /3 Latham, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 797 (based partly on Uria svarbag 

 Brunnich). 



URIA LOMVIA ARRA (Pallas). 



PALLAS'S MURRE. 



Similar to U. I. lom.via but larger, and with basal portion of maxil- 

 lary tomiiim less conspicuously light colored. . (Down}^ young with 

 color of upper parts and lateral under parts darker, and with white 

 of under parts purer and more abruptly defined.)" 



Adult male.—Wmg, 214-229.9 (221.7);" tail, 42-54.5 (51.1);'= 

 exposed culmen, 39-46 (42.4); depth of bill at gonydeal angle, 14-15 

 (14.0); tarsus, 35-40.6 (36.7); middle toe, 43.2-47 (45.9).'' 



Adult female. S^'mg, 207-225 (217.2); tail, 46-57 (51.6); exposed 

 culmen, 36-42 (38.6); depth of bill at gonydeal angle, 13.5-15 (14.4); 

 tarsus, 35-38 (36.5); middle toe, 43.5-48.5 (45.9).^ 



Coasts and islands of Bering Sea and adjacent portions of Arctic 

 and northern Pacific Oceans; breeding from Koliutschin, Wrangel, 

 and Herald islands, Point Barrow (and Herschel Island ?) southward 

 to Kodiak Island, Aleutian Islands, and Commander Islands; in 

 winter southward to northern Japan (Kuril Islands; Sakhalin 

 Island; Yezo, between Hakodate and Mororau).* 



a Possibly not a constant character. 



^ Eight specimens, from Alaska. 



c Five specimens (from Alaska). 



d Six specimens, from Alaska. 



« Apparently there are no records for the American coast south of Kodiak Island. 



