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NATATOIiES. 



ALCAD-l!;. 



ALCADjE. 



THE PUFFIN, 

 Sea Parrot, and Coulterneb. 



Alca urctica, The Puffin, 



Fratercula „ 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 152. 

 ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 181. 



Common Coulterneb, Flem. Brit. An. p. 130. 



,, Puffin, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 439. 

 The „ Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 260. 



Mormon fratercula, ,, „ Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. ii. 



^, „ Macareau moine, Temm. Rlan. d'Ornith. vol. ii.p. 933. 





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Fratercula. Generic Characters. — Bill shorter than the head, higher than 

 long, very much compressed, both mandibles arched, transversely grooved, 

 notched towards the point ; the culmen as high as the top of the head, and 

 with a cutting edge. Nostrils lateral, marginal, linear, naked, almost entirely 

 closed by a naked membrane. Legs short, abdominal ; feet with three toes 

 only, all in front, united by membranes; claws curved. Wings and tail 

 short. 



