602 ALC^. 



T\loramphus cristatellus, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Peiersb. ii. p. 348 



■(18;37). 

 Phaleris superciliosa, Bonap. Conip. Lid B. p. 66 (1838). 

 Phaleris superciliata, Atid. Orn. Biogr. v. p. 402, pi. ccecii. (1839). 

 Tvlorhamphus cmtatellus, G. R. Gray, LUt of B. pt. iii. p. lo3 



■'(1844) ; Tacz. J. f. O. 1876, p. 20-J [Ussiiri]. 

 Alca diibia, KM. Lenkw. Eei^ie, i. p. 300 (1858) [St. Paul I.]. 

 Simorhynchus cristatellus, Schl. Mns. Pays-Bax, vi. L"}inat. p. 25 



(1867) ; Cones, P. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 37 ; Brandt, Melanq. Biol. 



vii. p. 223 (1860); G. E. Gray, Hand-l. B. id. p. U7 (1871); 



Coues, Evy K. Am. B. p. 342 (1S72) ; Fiiisck, Ahh. Nat. Ver. 



Brem. iii. p. 81 (1872) f St. George I. ; Kanischatlia] ; Tacz. Bull. 



Soc. Z. Fr. ii. p. 51 (1877) [Abrek Bay] ; Bureau, Bidl. Soc. Z. 



Fr. iv. ip. 51, pi. V. tigs. 3-5 (1879); Elliott, Seal-Isl. Alaska, 



p. 134 (1881): Diihou-ski, Orn. Centralhl. 1882, p. 28; Seehohm, 



Jbis, 1882, p. 368 [Kxirile Is.] ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. vii. p. 398 



(1882) [Kam.<chatka]; Beati, P. U.S. Nat. Mas. v. p. 171 (1882) 



[Bering Strait] ; Nelson, Cruise Corwin, ^p. 116 (1883); Dyboioski, 



Bxdl. Soc. Z. Fr. viii. p. 349 (1883); Baird, Brew. ^- Ridyw. 



Water-B. N. Amer. ii. p. 512 (1884); Dijbowski S,- Tacz. Bull. 



Soc. Z. Fr. ix. p. 147 (1884) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 807 



(1884); Tur7ier, Auk, ii. p. 159 (1885) [Nearer Is., Alaska]; 



? Allen, Auk, ii. p. 388 (1885) [Massachu.setts] ; Stejn. Bull. U.S. 



Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 32, pi. iv. figs. 4, 5 (1885) [Commander Is.] ; 



A. O. U. Check-l. p. 79 (1886) ; Stejn. P. U.S. Nat. Mim. x. p. 118 



(1887) [Commander Is.]: Ridyw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 13 (1887) ; 



Nelson, Rep. N. H. Ala'<ka, p. 41 (1887); Palmen, Veya-E.iped. 



Vete?isk. lakttay. v. p. 397 (1887) ; Tacz. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 



xxxix. p. 1231 (1893) [E. Siberia] ; Scale, P. Ac. Philad. 1898, 



p. 128 [King's I.j. 

 Simorhyncbiis dubiiis, Coues, P. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 40. 

 Simorhynchusi tetraciilii.'*, Coues, P. Ac. Philad. Ib68, p. 43; G. R. 



Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 07 (1871) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. ii. p. 52 



(1S7'7). 

 Phaleris cristatella. Dall Sr Bann. Tr. Chicago Acad. i. p. 309 ('1869) 



[Kcdiak Is.] : Blakist. S^Pryer, Tr.As. Soc. Jap. viii. p. 179(1880), 



X. p. 89 (1882). 

 Fratercula cristatella, Seebohm, B. Japan, p. 285 (1890). 



Adult in hreeding-'phimage. General colour above deep black ; 

 sides of the head, chin, throat, and rest of the undcrparts smoky- 

 grev, gradually merging into the darker colour of the upper parts ; 

 on the forehead a long crest of narrow dark brovrn feathers, strongly 

 curved forward in a semicircle ; across the cheek and ear-coverts a 

 band of narrow elongate white plumes. Tail composed of 14 

 feathers. The basal portion of the bill ornamented witli several 

 supi^lementary horny plates, including a detached semicircular 

 concave plate above the angle of the gape. " Iris nearly white ; 

 basal portion of both mandibles bright orange, extremity light 

 bluish horn: inside of muuth flesh-colour; legs and feet bluish 

 slate; webs dark slate; claws horn-colour" {G. E. H. Barrett- 

 Hamilton). Total length about lO'o inches, culmen from feathers 

 on forehead to tip 0-45-0-5, from gape 0-95-1, greatest depth of 

 both mandibles at base 0-45-0-48, wing 5-5, tail 1-4-1-55, tarsus 

 1-1, middle toe and claw l-4-l'."J. 



