Birds of Canada. 119 
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ARCTIC PUFFIN. 
Mormon arctica—The Arctic Puffin. 
This exceedingly quaint looking bird is twelve 
inches in length. It has a very large bill, which 
has the appearance of a sheath slipped over both 
mandibles ; it is curved towards the point, com- 
pressed vertically, and transversely furrowed on 
the sides; the chin and cheeks are white, bor- 
dered with gray, the latter much puffed up with 
feathers, which make the head look large and 
round. The crown of the head and upper part 
of the plumage are black, and a collar of the 
