ZOOLOGY. 



A specimen I found dead at Shoalwater bay, in September, 1854, was smaller, and had a 

 different bill, being probably an immature bird. 



Length, 8 inches; extent, 16.25. Iris grayish; bill black; feet pale graj^ with black webs. — C. 



BRACHYRAMPHUS TEMxMINCKII, Brandt. 



Brachyrmnjihus temminckii, Brandt, Bull. Acad St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 346. — Baird & Cassin, Gen. Rep. Birds, 



p. 916. 

 Uria umiziisume, Temm. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 123. 

 FiGDHES. — Temm. PI. Col. pi. 579. — ^Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Jap. Aves, pi. 79. 



Sp. Ch. — Small ; bill rather lengthened and slender, a crest of long erectile feathers in front ; wirgs rather short ; tail sh.irt, 

 rounded ; legs and feet short and rather weak. Crest feathers black ; longitudinal stripes on the top of the head, throat, back 

 of the neck, and longitudinal wide stripe on the sides throughout the length of the body, brownish black. Back, wings coverts 

 and rump light cinereous; quills and tail brownish black. Wide stripes over each eye, uniting on the occiput, white. Entire 

 under parts white ; under wing coverts white ; feet light colored ; culmen dark brown. Female and ivinter plumage ?— No crest; 

 head above brownish black ; throat ashy brown ; stripe on the sides ashy, frequently with circular spots of white. 



Length of mole, 9| inches ; extent, 18.25 ; wing, 5\ ; tail, Ij inch. Iris brown ; bill blackish ; feet gray ; inside of mouth 

 dusky anteriorly, pale posteriorly. 

 Httb — Northwestern coast of America ; northern Asia. 



This bird is quite common during the late fall and winter months on Puget Sound. I have 

 also seen it sparingly during the summer season, and have killed a specimen in July. I suppose 

 that a few breed in the vicinity, although I never could ascertain certainly. 



In habits this species resembles much the guillemots, diving readily and quickly when alarmed. 

 It is probable that it has the power of using its wings while under water in the same manner 

 as the loons and other divers; this, I suspect, from the quickness that one while under water 

 will traverse long distances. Their power of remaining beneath the surface appears, however, 

 to be much more limited than that of the grebes. A specimen killed by me, July 18, 1856, had 

 the feet and legs dusky flesh color; bill nearly black. The upper and lower eyelids each had a 

 small spot of white upon them, a character which, in the dried skins, may not usually be ap- 

 parent. When folded the wing tips reached exactly to the end of the tail. — S. 



This sea dove resides, during winter, in the sounds and bays of the Territory in large 

 numbers, though not gregarious. In March they migrate further north for the summer, and 

 are then seen in pairs at some distance from the shore. — C. 



