BIRDS — ALCIDAE — BRACHYRAMPHUS KITTLITZII. 



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Rather smaller than the preceding, and in adult plumage readily distinguished hy its crest of 

 long elevated feathers. We have in the present collection young hirds only, all of which are 

 from Washington Territory. Adult specimens in the National Museum are from Japan. 



In addition to the preceding three species of this genus, of which numerous specimens are 

 now before us, three other species are described by Mr. Brandt in his very valuable Monograph 

 of the Alcidae, in the Bulletin of the Academy of St. Petersburg, II, p. 345, (1837.) Never 

 having seen either of those species, we can only transcribe the descriptions by the distinguished 

 author just mentioned. According to Bonaparte, they belong to Apobapton. 



List of specimens. 



Catal. 

 No. 



8095 

 5987 



10677 

 10696 



Sex^ 



Locality. 



When col- 

 lected. 



Northwest Coast Am . 



Port Gamble, W. T .. March 16 



Whence obtained. 



J. Gould 



Dr. J. G. Cooper. 



Orig. 



No 



Shoalwater bay Nov.25,'.i4 do 



Simoda, Japan ', May, 1854! Com. Perrj',U S.N. 



Yedo bay, Japan Feb. 1854: do 



113 



Collected 

 by- 



Length. 



10.75 



10.50 



Wm. Heine . 



do....:. 



Stretch 

 of wings. 



18.25 



18.25 



Remarks. 



Bill, flesh color ; 

 irids, black; feet, 

 pale blue 



BRACHYRAMPHUS WRANGELII, Brandt. 



Brachyramphus icrangelii, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 



Sp. Ch. — " Rostrum capitis dimidii circiter longitudine. Caput supra, nucha et dorsum e nigricante grisea. Alae ct cauda 

 nigrae. Reliquae partes, nee non stria longitudinalis supra alam albae. Tarsi digito medio breviores. Loiigitudino a rostri apice 

 ad caudae apicera, 9?". Patria Insulae Aleuticae." 



Bill about half tlie length of the head. Head above, neck behind, and back, blackish gray ; wings and tail black ; otlier parts 

 and a stripe on the wing white. Tarsus shorter than the middle toe. Length from the tip of the bill to tiie end of the tail, 9^ 

 inches. Inhabits the Aleutian Islands. 



BRACHYRAMPHUS BRACHYPTERUS, Brandt. 



Brachyrnmplms brachyptents, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 

 " Una bracliyplera, Kittl. MSS." — Brandt, as above. 



Sp. Ch. — " Supra cinerea, alis caudaque nigricantibus. Collum subtus et in latcribus, pectus et abdomen alba. Rostrum 

 capitis dimidii circiter longitudine. Tarsi digito medio longlores. Longitudino a rostri apice ad caudae apicera 9". Patria 

 Unalaschka " 



Above cinereous ; wings and tail blackish ; neck beneath and on its sides, breast, and abdomen white. Bill about half the 

 length of the head ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 9 inches. Inhabits 

 Unalaschka. 



BRACHYRAMPHUS KITTLITZII, Brandt. 



Brachyramphus kittlitzii, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 



Sp. Oil. — " Supra cinerea nigricante et pallide e fusco-flavescente undulata et submaculata. Subtus alba, sub-fuscescente 

 tenuissime lavata, nigro et quidem in pectore frequentius undulata. Alae e cinerascente et fusco nigrae. Rostrum brevissimum, 

 capitis longitudinus tertiam partem circiter adaequans. Tarsi digito medio breviores. Longitude a rostri apice ad caudae 

 apicera U". Patria Kamtschalka." 



