604 ALC^. 



(1837) : G. R. Graij, Gm. B. iii. p. 638 (1848) ; Eekhenb. Xata- 



tores, pi. vi. tius. 2701-2 (18.50) : Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 908 



(1858). 

 Phaleris mvstacea, C'assin in Perry E.rped. Jap. ii. p. 234 (1857) ; 



Blakist.'^ Pn/er, Ibis, 1878, p.' 210 [part J ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, 



p. 21 ; Blakiat. ^- Pryer, Tr. As. 8oc. Jap. viii. p. 179 (1880), 



X. p. 89 (1882). 

 SiiiiorliTnclius camtschaticus, SM. Mus. Pays-Bas, vi. Urinat. p. 1'> 



(186f) ; Coues, P. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 41 ; Brandt, Melany. Biol. 



vii. p. 227 (1869) ; Coues, Key N. Am. B. p. 342 (1872) ; Finsch, 



Abh. Nat. Fer. Brein. iii. p. 81 (1872) [UnalaslikaJ ; Dybowski, 



Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 41 ; id. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. vii. p. 298 ,1882), 



viii. p. 349 (1883) ; Dybowski 1^ Tac.z. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. is., p. 147 



(1884). 

 SimorliyncluH cassini, Coues, P. Ac. PJiilad. 1868, p. 45 [Aleutian 



Is.] {Brandt, Melany. Biol. vii. p. 235 (18J9) ; Baird, Tr. Chicago 



Acad. i. p. 324, pi. .x.xxi. fig. 2 (1869) ; Ball ^ Bann. Tr. Chicago 



Acad. I. p. 309 (1869; [Ouniiuak Pass]. 

 Simorhynclms pygmseiia, Brandt. Melany. Biol. \ii. p. 228 (1869); 



Ridyw. P. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 211 (1880) ; Nelson, Cruise Convin, 



p. 116 (1883; ; Cones, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 808 (1884); 



Stejn. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 25, pi. iv. figs. 1, 2 (1885) ; 



Turjier, Avk, ii. p. 159 (1885) [Nearer Is., Alaska]; A. O. U. 



Check-l. p. 79 (1886) ; Ridyiv. Man. N. Am. B. p. 13 (1887) ; 



Nelson, Rep. N. H. Alaska, p. 42 (1887) ; Stejn. P. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



X. p. 118 (1887) [Commander Is.]; Tacz. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 



xxxix. p. 12.35 (18i»3) [E. Siberia]. 

 Simorhyncluis kamtschaticus, Bureau, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. iv. p. 60, 



pi. vi". (1879). 

 Fraterciila pygmjea, Seebohm, B. Jajxcn, p. 286 (1890). 



Adult in breeilimj- plumage. General colour very dark slate, 

 becoming paler on the lower breast and shading into white on the 

 belly and under tail-coverts ; forehead with an elongate recurved 

 crest of narrow dark feathers ; a triangular white patch on the 

 lores, from which spring two bands of narrow white plumes, one 

 passing up the side of the forehead and terminating at the side of 

 the crest in two or three long narrow filaments, the second dividing 

 the cheek from the throat ; in addition to these a third band of 

 similar white feathers commencing behind the eye and terminating 

 in three or four narrow plumes ; quills and tail dark brown, the latter 

 composed of 14 feathers. " Iris white ; bill milky white at tip 

 and at base of lower mandible ; rest of bill, including the culmen, 

 upper tomia, and a median cross-band on the lower mandible vivid 

 blood-red ; nasal cuirass and a small portion in front of the nostrils, 

 as well as the soft cere at the base, blackish brown ; feet light 

 bluish grey, with the joints somewhat brownish violet, soles and 

 webs blackish" {L. Stejneger). Total length about 7'5 inches, 

 culmen from feathers on forehead to tip 0'4-0'42, from gape to tip 

 0-65-0-72, greatest depth of both mandibles at base 0-3-0-3 /, wing 

 4-5, tail 1-25-1-35, tarsus 0-85-0-9, middle toe and claw 1-2-1-25. 

 Adult in non-hrecding plumage. Appears to be very similar to the 

 above. Apparently, as in S. crislatellus, the frontal crest as well 



