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U. S. p. R. K. EXP. AND SUEVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENEBAI. REPOET. 



dages of the bill so conspicuous in the latter. Its bill tip is darker colored, and altogether our 

 specimen agrees quite well with the description and figure of Pallas, cited above. 



PHALERLS CAMTSCHATICUS, (Lepechin,)Cassin. 



^Ica camlschalica, Lepechin, Nov. Act. Acad. St. Petersburg, XII, 1801, 369. 

 Uria mystacea, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso- Asiat. II, 1811, 37:2. 

 Mormon sxiperciliosa, Licht. Verz. 1823, 89. 

 Phaleris svperciliosa, Bon. List, 1838. 

 Phaleris crislalellus, Tem.m. PI. Col. V, pi. 200. 



Figures.— Nov. Act. Acad. St. Petersburg, XII, pi. 8.— Temm. PI. Col. 200.— Vieill. Gal. II, pi. 297 Pallas, Zoog. 



Rcsso-Asiat. II, pl. 89. 



Sp. Ch. — Smaller than either of the preceding. Bill short, nearly simple ; commissure sliglitly curved; culraen ridged ; a 

 crest of very slender feathers in front, curved forwards ; angle of upper mandible very distinct ; wing moderate, pointed ; tail 

 short. Numerous white slender feathers at the base of the upper mandible and in a line from the corners of the mouth on the 

 neck ; long and pendent on the latter. Entire upper parts dark brown ; under parts light cinereous ; paler and nearly white 

 on the abdomen. Bill orange red ; feet greenish brown ; crest black ; a few of the longer posterior feathers white. 



Total length about 7^ inches ; wing, 4| inches ; tail, IJ inches. 



Hab. — Northwestern coast of America, (Mr. John Gould ;) Kamtschatka, (Lepechin ;) Unalashka, (Pallas.) 



Of this species we have only seen a single head in the National Museum, to which it was 

 presented by the eminent naturalist Mr. John Gould, of London. Fortunately the skin and 

 plumage are carefully preserved, showing, of course, the form and colors, which are precisely 

 as given in Temmincks plate, as above cited, except that a few of the posterior feathers of the 

 crest are white, as represented in Lepechin's plate, also cited above. It appears to be one of 

 the handsomest of these birds, and is most assuredly distinct from any other species. 



The leathers of the crest in this species are more slender than in any other. The present 

 specimen is labelled as from the Northwest Coast of America. 



Ciceronia,^ Reichenbach. 

 PHALERIS MICROCEROS, Brandt. 



The Little Auk. 



Phaleris microceros, Brakdt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, I, 1837, 34G. 



Phaleris nodirostra, Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 66. — Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 101, pl. 402. 



? .ilea pygmaea, Gm. Syst. Nat. II, 1788, 554. 



FicDRES. — AcD. B. of Am. pl. 402. — Ib. oct. ed. pl. 4G8. 



Sp. Ch. — Smaller tlian the preceding, not crested ; bill short, compressed, with a small elevated appendage or caruncle at 

 base of upper mandible ; commissure nearly straight ; upper mandible curved and notched at the tip ; wing moderate ; tail 

 short. Bill orange red, with its base and elevated caruncle dark bhiisli ; numerous white hair-like feathers on the forehead, and 

 others below the eye. Entire upper parts brownish black, darker on the back ; checks and chin ashy brown ; under parts white, 

 witli numerous large spots of dark brown, especially on the breast ; throat pure white ; under wing coverts white ; feet greenish 

 brown. 



Total length about 6i inches ; wing, 4 ; tail, IJ inches. 



Jlab Northwestern coast of America, (iMr. John Gould ;) Beliring's Straits ; Kamtschatka, (Mus. Acad. Philada.) 



^The smallest of sea birds. General character of the preceding, but with the head not crested. 



