008 alc;e. 



Soc. Z. Ir. i. p. 1, pi. i. (1876) [Sweden]; Burroics, P. Boxt. Soc. 

 xix. p. loo (1877) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. ii. p. 52 (1877), viii. 

 p. 346 (1883) [Kamschatka] ; Elliott, Seal-Isl Alaska, p. 134 

 (1881) ; Blakist. ^- Fryer, 7r. As. Soc. Jap. x. p. 89 (1882) ; Bean, 

 P. U.S. Nat. Mus. V. p. 171 (1882) [Sbumaorin Is.] ; Nelson, Cruise 

 Cor win, p. 115 (1883); Dyhowski ^- Tacz. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. ix. 

 p. 147 (1884) ; Tacz. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. xxxix. p. 1227 

 (1893) [E. Siberia] ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 174 [Kurile Is.]. 



Cyclorrhyiichiis psittaculus, Kaiip, Nntilrl. Syst. p. 155 (1829'> ; 

 Baird, Breiv. ^- Rid(/w. Water-B. N. Amer. ii. p. 615 (1884) ; 

 Turner, Auk, ii. p. 159 (1885) [Nearer Is., Alaska]; Stejn. Bull. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 38, pi. iv. ««:. 6 (1885) rCommander Is.]; 

 A. 0. U. Check-l. p. 78 (1886) ; Stejn. P. US. Nat. Mus. x. 

 p. 119(1887) [Commander Is.1 ; Ridyw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 12 

 (1887); Nelson, Rep. N. H. Alaska, p. 40 (1887) ; Grinnell, Auk, 

 XV. p. 124 (1898) [Sitka]; Scale, P. Ac. Philad. 1898, p. 128 

 [Point Barrow ; St. Georo-e I.]. 



Ombria p^^ittacula, Eschscholtz, Zool. Atl. Heft iv. p. 3, pi. 17 (1831); 

 Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. ii. p. 348 (1837) ; Reic/ienb. 

 Natatores,Tpl.\u. figs. 2226-7 (1850); xMiddend. Sibir. Reise, ii. 

 pt. ii. p. 239 (1851) ; Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 910 (1858) ; Brandt, 

 Melany. Biol. vii. p. 237 (18;'.9); Elliot, B. N. Amer. ii. pi. Ixx. 

 (1869); Finsch, Abh. nat. Ver. Brem iii. p. 82 (1872) [Sea of 

 Ochotsk; Kurile Is.]; Dull, P. Calif. Acad. v. p. 280(1873) 

 [Aleutian Is.] ; Bureau, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. iv. p. 48, pi. v. figs. 1, 2 

 (1879); Di/bowski. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 40; id. Bull. Soc. Z. 

 Fr. vii. p. 297 (1882). 



Fratercula psittacula, Seebohm, B. Japan, p. 284 (1890). 



Adult in hreedincf-plumage. General colour above deep smok}'- 

 black, paler on the head, neck, sides, flanks, and under -wing-coverts ; 

 breast and rest of underparts white ; a band of narr iw, elongate 

 white feathers cnnimencing below the eye and continued across the 

 ear-coverts ; quills and tail black, the latter comjtosed of 14 feathers. 

 " Iris white ; bill salmon-red ; nasal shield darker, greyish brown ; 

 soft part along the base of the upper tomia whitish flesh-colour ; 

 interior of mouth whitish; feet bluish white, tinged with yellow; 

 on the joints a well-defined dusky spot ; webs blackish, along the 

 toe bluish white ; sides of tarsus and toes, as also tlie nails, black " 

 (L. Stejiier/er). Total length about 10-5 inches, culmen from 

 feathers on forehead to tip 0"65-0"7, from gape to tip 0-95, greatest 

 depth of both mandibles at base 0-55-0-G, wing 5 7-0, tail 1-55- 

 1-9, tarsus 1-15-1'2, middle toe and claw 1-G5-1-7. 



Adult in non-hreedinr/ plunuir/e. llesembles the above, but the 

 chin, throat, and fore-neck are white, like the rest of the underparts, 

 only the sides of the throat being mottled with dusky. 



According to Dr. L. Stejneger the basal parts of the bill are shed 

 after the breeding-season. The basal portion of the bill is shown 

 to be a more complicated structure than had hitherto been supposed, 

 being made up of at least six separate pieces. The portions casf; 

 appear to be quickly renewed, for adult bird«. in non-breeding 

 ijlnmage have the bill similar to that of the adult in full breeding- 

 plumage. 



Ifab. The same as that of the genus. 



