916 U. Ss. P. R. Re EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catal.| Sex. Locality. When col- Whence obtained. | Orig. | Collected by— | Length. Stretch Wing. Remarks. 
No. lected. No. | | of wings. 
4489 |...00. Cape Flattery, W. T..|..-. 00 sseee- Lieut. Trowbridge...|-..... tet eeeeeeee eee | 
9552 | 2.00. Puget’s Sound....... Nov. 28,1857 | A. Campbell.....-.../seeee- Dr. Kennerly .. | 
9912 |...... |sswgetes d0,« ccceres dl emcee eeces: Drysuckleyecs accessed | taeecene steers | 
9914)... Fort Steilacoom. ....| Mar, —, 1854 | Gov. Stevens .......- 52 | Dr. Cooper .... |--- 
5984 | GL jesee sees CO ascccccceen Mar. 13, 1855 |....2. Gib) scqqcdoouceddd loaasaa fooodan Oscisisiseic's | Iris hazel; bill black; 
feet pale flesh color; 
| webs bluish, 
99139 |Pececists Shoalwater bay...... Sept. 12, 1854 |...... dO jcisteeniesicale nies 93: |v. cee GOs... 0006 8.00 | 16.25 |....0005 Iris grayish; bill black ; 
= feet pale gray; webs 
black. 
Synthliboramphus, Brandt.? 
BRACHYRAMPHUS ANTIQUUS, Gmelin. 
The Ancient Auk; The Grey-headed Atk. 
Alca antiqua, Gu. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 554. 
Uria antiqua, Aup. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 100; pl. 402. 
Uria senicula, Paruas, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. II, 1811, 367. 
Mergulus cirrhocephalus, Vicors, Voy. Blossom, Orn. p. 32, (1€39.) 
Ficures.—Avp. B. of Am. pl. 402, fig. 12; oct. ed. VII, pl. 470.—Temm. & Scutec. Faun. Jap. Aves, pl. 80. 
Sp. Cu.—Small; bill wider and more flattened laterally than in the preceding, notched and curved towards the point. Wing 
moderate; tail very short; legs and feet moderate. Throat and head above black. A longitudinal stripe of narrow white 
feathers on each side above and behind the eye; another wide stripe of white on the neck below the eye, uniting with the 
white of the under parts of the body; back and rump light ashy. Under parts white, with a transverse wide stripe of 
brownish black on the sides below the closed wings. Under wing coverts white; quills and tail brownish black. Numerous 
lines of white on the neck behind and on the shoulders; bill yellow, with the culmen dark brown; feet yellow. Younger, with 
the upper parts obscurely tinged and striped with dull reddish, and the under parts with dark brown. 
Total length, about 9} to 10 inches; wing, 5 inches; tail, 1} inches. 
Hab.—Worthwestern coast of America, 
Another very handsome sea bird inhabiting the North Pacific, but apparently not so abund- 
ant as the preceding. It is easily distinguished by its larger size and the white stripes on each 
side of the head. 
BRACHYRAMPHUS TEMMINCKII, Brandt. 
Brachyramphus temminckii, Branpr, Bull Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 346. 3 
Uria wmizusume, Tem. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 123. 
Figures.—Temm. Pl. Col, pl. 579.—Temm. & Scuxec. Faun. Jap. Aves, pl. 79. 
Sp. Cu.—Small ; bill rather lengthened and slender, a crest of long erectile feathers in front ; wings rather short ; tail short, 
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, wing 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 ; bill and feet light colored ; culmen dark brown. Female and winter plumage ?— 
No crest ; head above brownish black ; throat ashy brown ; stripe on the sides ashy, frequently with circular spots of white. 
Total length about 9} inches; wing, 53; tail, 14 inch. 
Hab.—Northwestern coast of America ; northern Asia; Japan, (Nat. Mus., from Perry’s Expedition.) 
Bill wide laterally, compressed; size larger than the preceding. 
