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dages of the bill so conspicuous in the latter. Its hill tip is darker colored, and altogether our 

 si^ecimen agrees quite well with the description and figure of Pallas, cited above. 



PHALEEIS CAMTSCHATICUS, ( L e p e c h i n , ) C a s s i n . 



»7/co camtschatica, Lepechin, Nov. Act. Acad. St. Petersburg, XII, IBOl, 3G9. 

 Uria mystacea, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso- Asiat. II, 1811, 372. 

 Mormon svperciliosa, Licht. Verz. 1823, 89. 

 Phaleris svpei-ciliosa, Bon. List, 1838. 

 Phakris cristalellus, Temm. PI. Col. V, pi. 200. 



Figures.— Nov. Act. Acad. St. Petersburg, XII, pi. 8.— Temm. PI. Col. 200.— Vieill. Gal. II, pi. 297 Pallas, Zoog. 



Rcsso-Asiat. II, pi. 89. 



Sp. Cii. — Smaller tlian either of the preceding. Bill short, nearly simple ; commissure slightly curved; culmen ridged ; a 

 crest of very slender feathers in front, curved forwards ; angle of upper mandible very distinct ; wing moderate, pointed ; tail 

 short. Numerous white slender feathers at the base of the upper mandible and in a line from the corners of the mouth on the 

 neck ; long and pendent on tl]e latter. Entire upper parts dark brown ; under parts light cinereous ; paler and nearly white 

 on the abdomen. Bill orange red ; feet greenish brown ; crest black ; a few of the longer posterior feathers white. 



Total length about Tj inches ; wing, 41 inches ; tail, 1| inches. 



Ilab. — Northwestern coast of America, (Mr. John Gould ;) Kamtschatka, (Lepechin ;) Uiialashka, (Pallas.) 



Of this species we have only seen a single head in the National Museum, to which it was 

 presented by the eminent naturalist Mr. John Gould, of London. Fortunately the skin and 

 plumage are carefully preserved, showing, of course, the form and colors, which are precisely 

 as given in Temminck's plate, as above cited, except that a few of the posterior feathers of the 

 crest are white, as represented in Lepechin's plate, also cited above. It appears to be one of 

 the handsomest of these birds, and is most assuredly distinct from any other species. 



The feathers of the crest in this species are more slender than in any other. The present 

 specimen is labelled as from the Northwest Coast of America. 



Ciceronia,^ K e i c h c u b a c h . 

 PHALEIIIS MICROCEROS, Brandt. 



The Little \u\i. 



Phaleris microceros, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, I, 1837, 34G. 

 Phaleris nodiroslra, Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, CG. — Auu. Orn. Biog. V, 10), pi. 4U2. 

 ? ^Ica pygmaea, Gm. Syst. Nat. II, 1788, 554. 



FiGDREa. — Ald. B. of Am. pi. 402. — Ib. oct. cd. pi. 4C8. 



Sp. Ch. — Smaller than the preceding, not crested ; bill short, compressed, with a small elevated appendage or caruncle at 

 base of upper mandible; commibsuro nearly straight ; upper mandible curved and notched at the tip; wing moderate; tail 

 short. Bill orange red, with its baee and elevated caruncle dark bluish ; numerous white hair-liko feathers on the forehead, and 

 others below the eye. Entire upper parts brownish black, darker on the back ; cheeks and chin ashy brown ; under parts white, 

 with numerous large spots of dark brown, especially on the breast ; throat pure white ; under wing coverts white ; feet groonisU 

 brown. 



Total length about 6| inches ; wing, 4 ; tail, I J inches. 



//afc NorlhwuHtern coast of America, (iVIr. .lolin Gould ;) Bchring'H Straits ; Kamtschatka, (Mus. Acad. Pliilada.) 



'The smallest of sea birds. General cliuructcr of lliu preceding, but with the head not crested. 



