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854. Fraterciila arctica (L.) Steph. B 715. c 618. R 743. 



Common Puffin ; Sea Parrot. 



855. Fratercula arctica glacialis (Leach) Coues. B 714. c 6i8a. R 743. 



Large-billed Puffin. 



856. Fratercnla cirrata (Pall.) Steph. B 712, 716. c 619. R 745. 



Tufted Puffin. 



857. Ceratorhina monocerata (Pall.) Cass. B 717, 718. c 620. R 746. 



Horn-billed Auk. 



858. Simorhynchus psittaculus (Pall.) Schl. B 725. c 621. R 747. 



Parroquet Auk. 



859. Simorhynchus cristatellus (Pall.) Merr. B 710, 720. c 622. R 748. 



Crested Auk. 



860. Simorhynchus pygmaeus (Gm.) Ridg. B 721. c 623. R 749. 



Whiskered Auk. 



861. Simorhynchus pusillus (Pall.) Coues. B 722, 723. c 624. R 750. 



Knob-billed Auk. 



862. Ptychorhamphus aleuticus (Pall.) Brdt. B 724. c 625. R 751. 



Aleutian Auk. 



this, the application of the word to the birds is to be sought in their stout puffy shape, 

 that which appears to have caused the English word puffin. See Puffinus, No. 831. Lat. 

 corniculata, horned, a diminutive of cornutus : referring to the acute epidermal process on 

 the upper eyelid, which is deciduous, being shed like the horns of deer. 



854. F. arc'-tl-ca. See Sialia, No. 29. 



855. F. a. gla-cl-a'-lls. See Harelda, No. 728. 



856. F. cir-ra'-ta. Lat. cirratus or cirrhatus, having curled locks, or ringlets, curly-haired; 



cm-us or cirrhus, a curl of hair ; well applied to this oddly feather-tufted bird. 



857. C6r-at-6-rhi'-na mo-no-ce'r-a'-ta. Gr. Kepas, genitive iceparos, a horn, and pis, genitive 



pivos, the nose ; alluding to the prominent deciduous horn which grows up from the 

 base of the bill, over the nostrils. Gr. jj.6vos, only, alone, single, transliterated as Lat. 

 mono-, in composition, and Kepas, horn, Latinized as ce'ras, ceratis, whence an adjective 

 form, ceratus, horned; that is, unicorn, one-horned. 



858. Si-mo-rhyn'-chus psit-ta'-cii-lus. Gr. ericas, flat-nosed, snub-nosed, like the negro ; pvyx os ' 



beak ; well applied to these birds, whose bills are singularly shaped. The same idea is 

 expressed in the Latin simia, an ape, whence our English simian, become a common 

 word since Darwinism has been so much discussed. Lat. psittaculus, a little parrot, 

 diminutive of psittacus. See Sitta, No. 57. 



859. S. cris-ta-tel'-lus. Lat. diminutive of cristatus, crested. 



860. S. pyg-mae'-us. See Sitta, No. 61. 



This is S. camtschaticiis of the orig. ed. ; but Alca pygmcea Gm. is based on the young 

 of the same species, called S. cassini by Coues. 



861. S. pus-il'-lus. See Sitta, No. 60. 



862. Pty-chS-rham'-phus a-leu'-tl-cus. Gr. wrrff, genitive trrvxos, a fold, and pdfjLQos, the 



beak ; well alluding to the wrinkled covering of the bill ; which, by analogy with what 

 is known of other species, may be taken as an indication that the soft part concerned 

 will be found to grow some kind of excrescence, not yet discovered. Lat. aleuticus, 

 of the Aleutian Islands, the country of the people called Aleuts. 



