BIRDS—-ALCIDAE—BRACHYRAMPHUS KITTLITZII. Bake’ 
Rather smaller than the preceding, and in adult plumage readily distinguished by its crest of 
long elevated feathers. We have in the present collection young birds only, all of which are 
from Washington Territory. 
In addition to the preceding three species of this genus, of which numerous specimens are 
Adult specimens in the National Museum are from Japan. 
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. | Sex | Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. Orig. Collected | Length. | Stretch | Remarks. 
No. | lected. |No by | |of wings. | 
| | 
8095 | Nout wes i @oasb Ales lememen= ac (Ukv COU Cec sen saee |enc| pes ene |ee onan aan nee (eee eee 
5987 | oo | Port Gamble, W. T --| March 16 | Dr. J. G. Cooper--.|----|---------- 10,75 18, 25 | Bill, flesh color ; 
| irids, black; feet, 
° | pale blue=-=2=2 
9911 |....| Shoalwater bay...--- Nov.25,'4|------ doen. mete eee Wises eee ids 50: |) (188954 l.22 eee en 
10677 | & | Simoda, Japan-_----- May, 1854| Com. Perry, U SN aee| WamesHeine| 222222 24/5 ke ele oe ae ee 
10696 | QO | vedo bay, Japan. ..-- Feb. 1ss¢ ek See dos... 2325 se 2252 ic aoa Sees aoe oe Hanon: SHEAGAS 
| | | 
BRACHYRAMPHUS WRANGELI, Brandt. 
Brachyramphus wrangelii, Branpr, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 
Sp. Cu.—‘ Rostrum capitis dimidii circiter longitudine. Caput supra, nucha et dorsum e nigricante grisea. Alae et cauda 
nigrae. Reliquae partes, nec non stria longitudinalis supra alam albae. Tarsi digito medio breviores. Longitudino a rostri apice 
ad caudae apicem, 93". Patria Insulae Aleuticae.”’ 
Bill about half the length of the head. 
and a stripe on the wing white. 
Head above, neck behind, and back, blackish gray ; wings and tail black ; other parts 
Tarsus shorter than the middle toe. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 94 
inches. Inhabits the Aleutian Islands. 
BRACHYRAMPHUS BRACHYPTERUS, Brandt. 
Brachyramphus brachypterus, Branpt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 
“* Urie brachyptera, Kirti, MSS.’’—Branpt, as above. ; 
Sp. Co.—‘‘ Supra cinerea, alis caudaque nigricantibus. Rostrum 
Patria 
Collum subtus et in lateribus, pectus et abdomen alba. 
capitis di 
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. 
circiter longitudine. Tarsi digito medio longiores. Longitudino a rostri apice ad caudae apicem 9". 
BRACHYRAMPHUS KITTLITZII, Brandt. 
Brachyramphus kittlitzii, Branpr, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, I], 1837, 344. 
Sp. Cu.—‘‘ 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. 
capitis longitudinus tertiam partem circiter adaequans. 
apicem 9", Patria Kamtschatka.’’ 
Rostrum brevissimum , 
Tarsi digito medio breviores. Longitudo a rostri apice ad caudae 
