BIRDS— ALCIDAE — BRACHYRAMPnUS KITTLITZII. 



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Rather smaller than the preceding, and in adult plumage readily distinguished by its crest of 

 long elevated feathers. We have in (Ik- present collection young birds unly, all of wliicli are 

 from Washington Territory. Adult specimens in tlie National Museum are from Japan. 



In addition to the preceding three species of this genus, of wliich numerous specimens are 

 DOW before us, three other species are described by Mr. liraudt in his very valuable Monograph 

 of the Alcidae, in the Bulletin of the Academy of St. Petersburg, II, p. 345, (1837.) Never 

 having seen either of those species, we can only transcribe the descriptions by the distinguished 

 author just mentioned. According to Bonaparte, they belong to Apobapion. 



List of specimens. 



BRACHYRAMPHUS WRANGELII, Brandt. 



BrachyTamphxiS wroiig-eiii, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 



Sr. Ch. — " Rostrum capitis dimidii circiter longitudine. Caput supra, nucha et dorsum o nigricante gri.soa. Alae et Cauda 

 nigrae. Reliquae partes, nee non stria longitudinalis supra alam albae. Tarsi digito medio brcviores. Longitudino a rostri apice 

 ad caudae apicem, 9j". Palria Insulae Aleulicae." 



Bill about liulfthc length of the head. Head above, neck behind, and byk, blackish gray ; wings and tail black ; otlier parts 

 and a stripe on the wing white. Tarsus shorter than tlie middle toe. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of tlic tail, 9| 

 inches. Inhabits the Aleutian Islands. 



BRACHYRAMPHUS BRACHYPTERUS, Brandt. 



BrachyrampKus brachypierus, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1637, 344. 

 " Uria brachyptera, Kittl. MSS." — Brandt, as above. 



Sp. Ch. — "Supra cinerea, alis caudaque nigricantibus. CoUum subtus et in lateribus, pectus et abdomen alba. Rostrum 

 capitis dimidii circiter longitudine. Tarsi digito medio longiores. Longitudino a rostri apice ad caudae apicem 9". Patria 

 Unalascbka " 



Alwvc cinereous ; wings and tail blackish ; neck beneath and on its sides, breast, and abdomen white. Bill about half the 

 length of the head ; tarsus longer than tlie middle toe ; length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 9 inches. Inhabits 

 Unalascbka. 



BRACHYRAMPHUS KITTLITZII, Brandt. 



Brachyramphu3 kittlitzii, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 



Sp. Ch. — " Supra cinerea nigricanio et pallide e fusco-flavcscente unduluta et submaculata. Subtus alba, sub-fuscescente 

 tenuissime lavata, uigro et quidem in pectore frequcntius undulata. Alae e cinerascente et fusco nigrae. Rostrum brevissimum, 

 capitis longitudiuus tertiam partem circiter adaequans. Tarsi digito medio breviores. Loneitudo a rostri apico ad caudae 

 apicem 9". Patria Kamtschatka." 



