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there in 1881 by Mr. Snow (Blakiston and Prycr, Trans. As. Soc. 

 Japan, 1882, p. 89). I have an example collected by Mr. Snow on 

 the Kurile Islands in June (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 174), and there 

 are two examples in the Pryer collection, also obtained by Mr. Snow 

 in the same locality. It is said to be a comparatively rare bird, not 

 more than half a dozen pairs being met with in a season^s sea-otter 

 hunting. 



The Parrot-billed Puffin is extremely abundant in Bering Straits 

 and for some distance north, especially on the Siberian coast. It has 

 not been recorded from Japan, nor from the coast of Alaska east of 

 the Aleutian Islands. 



279. FRATERCULA CRISTATELLA. 



(CRESTED PUFFIN.) 



Alca cnstatella, Pallas, Spicilegia Zoologica, pt. v. p. 18 (1780). 



The Crested Puffin may be distinguished from its Japanese con- 

 geners by its combination of the two characters — underparts entirely 

 brown, and wing from carpal joint between 5 and 6 inches long. 



Head of Fratercula cnstatella. Natural size. 



Figures: Gray, Genera of Birds, iii. pi. 174. fig, 1 (woodcut of 

 head) ; Stejneger, Orn, Expl. Comm. Isl. and Kamtschatka, pi. 4. 

 fig. 4 (head in summer), fig. 5 (head in winter). 



The Crested Puffin has long been known as an inhabitant of the 



