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U. S, p. E. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



UEIA KINGVIA, Briinnicli. 



Mnrre. 



Uria ringvia, Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 28. 



Vria lachrymans, La Pylaie. 



Uria Uucopthalmos, Faber, Isis, 1824, p. 146. 



Uria leucopsis, Brehm. 



? Uria alga, BRfNK. Orn. Bor. 1764, 28. 



Uria troile, Bon. Syn. 1728, 424.— AuD. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 142; pi. 218. 



Figures.— Gould, B. of Eur. IV, pi. 397.— Audubon, B. of Am. pi. 218.— 1b. oct. ed. VII, pi. 473.— Nattmann, B. of 

 Gerin. pi. 332. 



Sp. Ch. — About the size of or rather larger than the preceding. Bill rather long, pointed, compressed; from the lateral 

 feathers longer than the tarsus or than the inner toe and claw. Wings rather short ; tail very short. A narrow line of white 

 encircling and running backwards behind the eye and over the ear. Head and entire upper parts dark brown, with a tinge of 

 ashy. Under parts white; sides witli transverse stripes of asliy brown; under wing coverts white; bill black; feet greenish 

 black. Winter plumage, with the throat and all other under parts, white. Tlie white line behind the eye frequently wanting, 

 and different in length in specimens. 



Total length about 17 inches; wing, 7| to 8 inches; tail, 2 inches. 



Hob. — Northern America; Northern Europe and Asia. 



Easily distinguished by the line of white behind the eye, which is, however, not always 

 present in specimens, as stated above. This is one of the most common birds of the higher 

 northern latitudes on both sides of the continent. Specimens in the present collection are 

 from California. 



List of specimens. 



URIA AEKA, (Pallas.) 



Thick-billed Guillemot. 



Cepphus arra, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. II, 1811, 347. 



Uria brmmichii, Sabine, Trans. Linn. Sec. London, XII, p. 539.- Bon. Syn. 1828, 424.— AuD. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 



336; pi. 345. 

 Uriafrancsii, Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, XII, p. 588. 

 Uria troile, Brlnnicb, Orn. Bor. 1764, 103. (Not of Linnaeus.) 



Figures. — Audubon, B. of Am. pi. 345; oct. cd. VII, pi. 472. — Gould, B. of Eur. IV, pi. 398. — Nadmann, B. of Germ 

 pi. 333. 



Sp. Oil. — Much resembling the preceding in form and "colors, but with the bill shorter. About the size of U. ringvia. Bill 

 moderate or rather short; curved at the tip, compressed; the distance from lateral feathers to tip less than the tarsus, but 

 longer than inner toe and nail. Wing rather short; tail very short; tarsi strong. Head and entire upper parts brownish black; 

 under parts wliite; tips of secondaries white; sides, under tlie wings, with transverse stripes of asliy brown; bill black; legs and 

 feet greenish brown; no white stripe or circle about the eye. Winter and immatiiro plumage, with the throat, (and other 

 under parts,) white. 



Total length about 17 inches; wing, 74 inches; tail, 2 inches. 



Hull. — Northern .•Vmerica; Northern Europe and Asia; coast of New Jersey, (Mus. Acad. Philad.) 



