14 LARGE-BILLED rUFFIN. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Known at once, in all stages, by the large size and heavy, long bill with its luigrooveil lower mandible, 

 I'reeds on the islands and coasts of the Northern Pacific: migrating southward in winter to Soutliern Cali- 

 fornia. Accidental in the Kennebec River, (Audubon ) and in the Bay of Fuiidy, ( Verrill ). 



DIMENSIONS. 

 Measurements of specimens. Length, 14-4U to l.VCO; wmg, 7-r,i) to S-(i(): tail, i'-(K) to 2-.M): bill. M;."", 

 to 1-H(.I: tarsus, 1-40 to l-i>r,. 



DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND EGGS. 

 E(i(iS, placed at the extrimety of burrows, one m number, oval inform, white in color, often marked 

 around the large end with spots and streaks of hnender. Dimensions, from \'7'> \ l-''!i(.) to L'-lt(t.\ ;MKI. 



HABITS. 

 The Tuftefl Puffin breeds on the islands and coasts of the Nortli Pacific the second 

 week in July, and according to autliors, does not appear to difler in general lialiit IVoni 

 our Common Puffin. The occurrence of this .species on our coast is piu-el\ accidental, 

 two specimens ha\ing been taken, at (piite ^vide interval.s, as above mentioned, manv 

 yeai's ago, but there is no recent record of its appearance here. 



MORMON ARCTICA GLACIALIS. 

 Large-billed Puffin. 



MoR.MON cLACiALis Naim.. Isis, 1Sl'-2, 782. 

 DESCRIPTION. 

 Sub. Sp. Cii. Size, larger than that of the Common Puffin and the bill is ]iroportionately larger, meas- 

 uring—average — I'-lo in length by 1-70 at liase, against l.S.", by 1-411 m M. arctica. The colors are pre- 

 cisely the same as in the Common I'uffin. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Recognized I)y the large size and larger bill, but is closely allied to M. arctica. Occurs on the coasts 

 and islands of the Arctic Ocean, but iierhaps wintering further south, along the American coast. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Measurements of specimens. Length, UW to 14-7.j; stretch, 2."i-a» to 2(!-(K); wing, 7-()0 to 7-30; tail, 

 2-(K) to 2-25; bill, 2- 10 to 2-20; tarsus MU to 1-2.".. 



DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND EGGS. 

 E(i(is, placeil in burrows, one in number, oval in form, white in color, sometimes spotted on the larger 

 end with lilac. Dimensions; l-b0.x2.(j3 to 1-8;jx2-G.'). 



HABITS. 

 T do not think that a single authenticated specimen of the Large-billed Puffin has 

 ever been taken on oiu' Ne^v England coast. Audubon was probably mi.staken in sav- 

 ing that it occurred here; at all event.s, he figures, for this, quite a different species; the 

 Horned Puffin, v\liich certainly does not occur. The Large-billed Puffin breeds in Ice- 

 land, Greenland, and on the coasts of the Arctic Ocean, but the extent of its southward 

 range along the American coast in winter, does not appear to lie well known. 



