592 Aic^. 



0. Ad. sk. Vancouver I., winter. Gould Coll. 



p-r. Ad. St. et Esquimalt Harbour, Van- Voy. H.M.S. ' Plumper. 



imm. sk. couver I. {Dr. LyalT). 



s. 2 ad.sk. Port Neville, summer {Dr. Voy. H.M.S. 'Plumper.' 



Lyall). 

 t. Imm. sk. Maple Bay, Vancouver I., Voy. H.M.S, ' Plumper.' 



{Dr. Ly'all). 

 u. Ad.sk. Fort Rupert, Vancouver I., Voy. H.M.S, ' Plumper.' 



summer {Dr. Lyall). 

 V. Ad. sk. Puget Sound, Nov. 2 {Dr. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Kennedy), 

 w. ,Tuv. sk. Columbia River. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 



X, y. Ad. sk. British Columbia, summer Government of Canada 



& winter. [P-]- 



2. Brachyrhamplius perdix, 



Cepphus perdix, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii, p. 351, pi. Ixxx. (ISll) 



[Sea of Ochotsk]. 

 Brachyrhamphus wrangelii, Finsch (nee Brandt), Abh. nat. Ver. 



Brem. iii. p. 79 (1872) [part; Alexandrovsk, E. Siberia] ; Sicinhoe, 



Ibis, 1875, p. 458 [Hakodadi]. 

 Uria sp., Sicinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 166 [Hakodadi]. 

 Brachyrhamphus marmoratus, Tacz. (nee Gmel.) Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. ii. 



p. 60(1877) [Abrek Bav, E. Siberia], viii. p. 345 (1883) [Kam- 



s-chatkal; Dyhoioski ^ Tacz. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. ix. p. 147 (1884) 



[Kamschatka] ; Stejn. Orn. Explor. Kamtsch. p. 314 (1885). 

 Brachyrhamphus kittlitzi, Swinh. (nee Brandt) Ibis, 1875, p. 458 



[Hakodadi]; Blakist. Sr Fryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 210 [Hakodadi] ; iid. 



Tr. As. Sue. Jap. viii. p. 180 (1880), x. p. 90 (1882) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 



1884, p. 174 [Hakodadi]. 

 Brachyrhampus marmoratus, Seebohm {nee Gmel.), Ibis, 1884, p. 30 



[Hakodadi]. 

 Brachyrhampus wrangeli, Seebohm {nee Brandt), Ibis, 1884, p. 31 



[Hakodadi], 

 Brachyramphus perdix, Stejn. Zeit. yes. Orn. iii. p. 213, pi. vii, 



(1886) ; Bidgw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 15 (1887) ; Tacz. Mem. Acad. 



St. Petersb. xxxix. p. 1211 (1893) [E. Siberia]. 

 Alca marmorata, Seebohm {nee Gmel.), B. Japan, p. 278 (1890), 



Adult in hreecling-plumnge. Resembles B. marmoratus, but dis- 

 tioguished by the longer bill, and by having the markings on the 

 upper parts dull tawny and buff instead of rufous chestnut. The 

 chin, cheeks, and throat appear to be mostly white in the fuU 

 summer plumage, and the white ring round the eye, rarely developed 

 in B. marmoratus, is conspicuous. Tail composed of 14 feathers, the 

 outer pairs more or less mottled with pale rufous buff. Total 

 length about 10 inches, culmen from feathers on forehead to tip 

 0-8-0*95, from gape to tip 1*5, greatest depth of both mandibles at 

 base 0"26, wing 5-l-5'6, tail 1*35, tarsus 0-7, middle toe and 

 claw 1-25, 



Adult in non-breeding plumage. Very similar to B. marmoratus, 

 but distinguished by its longer bill, and generally by the white 

 ring surrounding the eye. 



Immature. Resembles the adult in non-breeding plumage, but 

 the feathers of the upper parts are narrowly margined at the 



