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AVES. 
1 J haler is cristatella. — The Tufted Stariki. 
Plate LXVI. fig. 5. 
Brownish ash-coloured; venter and crissum white ; wings 
brownish; front surmounted by an upright crest of arched fea¬ 
thers ; face and cheeks with long filamentous, silky feathers; 
bill scarlet; legs and feet dusky-yellow. Twelve inches long. 
Inhabits America and Asia. 
Genus 25. —MORMON.— Illiger. 
Generic Character. —Bill shorter than the head, much com¬ 
pressed, deeper than long; both mandibles arcuated, trans¬ 
versely furrowed, with a notch near the tip; ridge of the upper 
mandihle elevated above the level of the coronal surface; nos¬ 
trils lateral, linear, remote from the base, placed on the margin 
of the upper mandible; nearly concealed by a large membrane ; 
legs short, placed very far behind; feet with three anterior toes 
only, webbed to their points, furnished with rather long and 
hooked nails; wings short; first and second quills longest. 
Mormon fratercula. — The Puffin. 
Plate LXVII. fig. 6. 
Front, crown of the head, upper parts, and a broad collar 
round the neck, deep shining black ; quills very dark brown ; 
under parts white; bill ash-coloured at the base, yellow in the 
centre, and orange-red at the point; cheeks and chin pale ash ; 
ophthalmic region and legs orange. Twelve inches and a half 
long. Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 26,—ALCA.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character. — Bill straight, broad, much compressed, 
and greatly bent towards the tip; basal half of both mandibles 
covered with feathers, grooved transversely towards the venter 
and point; upper mandible hooked; the under mandible slightly 
concave next the base, and forming an acute angle at a dis¬ 
tance from the point, from whence it becomes abruptly pointed; 
nostrils linear, marginal, situated near the centre of the bill, 
nearly covered by a membrane, and hid by feathers; legs short, 
placed far behind; tarsus, while in a sitting posture, horizontal ; 
feet with three anterior toes only, connected to their points by 
scalloped webs; nails short, slightly hooked and retrousse; wings 
very small; first quill longest. 
