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The Whiskered Puffin has long been known to occur both on the 

 Kurile Islands and the Japanese coasts (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. 

 ii. p. 372) . Examples were taken by Mr. Heine of the Perry Expe- 

 dition at Simoda and in the Bay of Yedo in April 1854 (Cassin, Exp. 

 Am. Squad. China Seas and Japan, ii. p. 234). There are nine 



Head of Fratercula i^ygmcea. Natural size. 



examples in the Pryer collection obtained by Mr. Snow in June on 

 Ushisir, one of the central islands of the Kurile range. 



The breeding-range of the Whiskered Puffin extends from the 

 Kurile Islands eastwards to the Commander Islands and the Aleutian 

 Islands as far east as Unalaska. 



281. FRATERCULA PUSILLA. 



(LEAST PUFFIN.) 



TJria pusilla, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 373 (1826). 



The Least Puffin may always be distinguished from its congeners 

 by its diminutive size. The wing from the carpal joint measures 

 from 3i to 4 inches. 



