﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
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  remarks 
  under 
  P. 
  cristatella 
  will 
  apply, 
  except 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  not 
  noticed 
  

   at 
  the 
  Shumagins. 
  

  

  Uria 
  colnmba, 
  Cas. 
  (727.) 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  was 
  not 
  observed 
  at 
  Unalashka, 
  but 
  was 
  very 
  common 
  at 
  the 
  Shu- 
  

   magins. 
  The 
  eye 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  is 
  brown, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  in 
  down, 
  black. 
  The 
  

   feet 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  birds 
  are 
  also 
  dark, 
  and 
  only 
  assume 
  the 
  coral-red 
  tint 
  at 
  

   maturity. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  expert 
  diver, 
  very 
  quick 
  in 
  its 
  motions, 
  and 
  very 
  hard 
  to 
  

   kill. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  obtained 
  June 
  24, 
  1872, 
  at 
  Popoff 
  Island, 
  Shumagins. 
  

   They 
  are 
  two 
  in 
  number, 
  and 
  the 
  nest 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  burrow 
  or 
  hole 
  under 
  rocks 
  near 
  

   the 
  water's 
  edge. 
  Several 
  were 
  caught 
  alive 
  on 
  their 
  nests 
  at 
  Coal 
  Harbor, 
  

   Unga. 
  The 
  young 
  in 
  down 
  were 
  obtained 
  there, 
  July 
  16, 
  1872. 
  All 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   obtained 
  were 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  developed. 
  It 
  is 
  presumed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  summer 
  

   visitor. 
  

  

  Brachyr/iamp/ins 
  Wrangelli, 
  Br. 
  (733.) 
  

  

  Eye 
  black. 
  With 
  P. 
  cristatella, 
  and 
  quite 
  common. 
  Not 
  recognized 
  at 
  the 
  

   Shumagins, 
  but 
  probably 
  abounds 
  there. 
  

  

  Sijnthiliborhamphus 
  antiquus, 
  Brandt. 
  (736.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  obtained 
  breeding, 
  with 
  the 
  eggs, 
  at 
  the 
  Chica 
  Islets, 
  Akutan 
  

   Pass, 
  near 
  Unalashka, 
  June 
  2d, 
  1872. 
  They 
  were 
  caught 
  sitting 
  on 
  their 
  nests, 
  

   which 
  are 
  in 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  bank, 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  petrels 
  (I', 
  furcata), 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  described. 
  There 
  were 
  two 
  eggs 
  in 
  a 
  nest, 
  and 
  in 
  several 
  cases 
  the 
  male 
  

   bird 
  was 
  sitting 
  on 
  the 
  eggs. 
  Not 
  recognized 
  elsewhere, 
  though 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   abundant. 
  

  

  Museum 
  students 
  can 
  hardly 
  realize 
  the 
  difficulty 
  which 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  

   obtaining 
  the 
  eggs, 
  and 
  even 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  this 
  family. 
  The 
  mormons 
  build 
  in 
  

   most 
  dangerous 
  and 
  usually 
  inaccessible 
  places, 
  except 
  when 
  they 
  happen 
  to 
  find 
  

   an 
  isolated 
  rock 
  or 
  islet 
  off 
  the 
  coast, 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  promise 
  protection, 
  from 
  

   its 
  position. 
  These 
  islets 
  are 
  usually 
  surrounded 
  by 
  breakers, 
  and 
  difficult 
  of 
  

   access 
  except 
  in 
  unusually 
  calm 
  weather. 
  There 
  are 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  which 
  

   ever 
  approach 
  the 
  more 
  sheltered 
  bays 
  and 
  harbors 
  except 
  when 
  a 
  severe 
  gale 
  

   drives 
  them 
  in, 
  and 
  then 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  difficult, 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  harbors, 
  to 
  go 
  out 
  

   shooting. 
  For 
  assistance 
  in 
  making 
  my 
  collections 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  

   Bendel, 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  G. 
  Maclntyre, 
  residents 
  of 
  Unalashka, 
  and 
  to 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Har- 
  

   rington, 
  Capt. 
  W. 
  G. 
  Hall, 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  R. 
  Hodgkins 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   party, 
  for 
  assistance 
  in 
  obtaining 
  specimens. 
  As 
  all 
  my 
  work 
  was 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  

   very 
  scanty 
  leisure 
  afforded 
  by 
  a 
  surveying 
  party 
  actively 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  — 
  

   the 
  hours 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  specimens 
  being 
  usually 
  stolen 
  from 
  

   sleep 
  — 
  the 
  circumstances 
  will 
  excuse 
  any 
  paucity 
  in 
  the 
  results. 
  

  

  