866 URIA 



Pacific, Kamchatka, the Commander Islands, and Saghalien, 

 and the northern coasts of E. Siberia. 



In habits and nidification this species does not differ from 

 U. grylle, and its eggs resemble those of that species. 



1194. PIGEON-GUILLEMOT. 

 URIA COLUMBA. 



Una columba (Pall.), Zoogr. Eoss. As. ii. p. 348 (1811) ; (Tacz.), F. 0. 

 Sib. 0. p. 1222 ; (Seebohm), B. Jap. Emp. p. 275 (part) ; Eidgway, 

 p. 17 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxvi. p. 586. 



< ad. (Bering Island). Differs from U. grylle in having the bill stouter 

 and more obtuse at the tip, the plumage tinged with grey, the under wing- 

 coverts smoky brown, the white alar patch divided on the outer half by 

 a black V-shaped bar, and the basal part of the quills greyish on the inner 

 web, tail composed of 14, not 12 feathers. Culmen 1*2, wing 7'2, tail 2'0, 

 tarsus 1 '3 inch. 



Hcib. North Pacific, on the Asiatic side on the coasts of 

 Kamchatka, the Commander Islands, the seas of Ochotsk and 

 Japan, and the coasts of Japan and Corea ; on the American 

 side from the Aleutian Islands to Southern California. 



In habits and nidification it does not differ from U. grylle, 

 but its eggs are as a rule rather larger and more boldly 

 marked. 



1195. SOOTY GUILLEMOT. 

 URIA CARBO. 



Uria carlo (Pall.), Zoogr. Eoss. As. ii. p. 350, pi. Ixxix. (1811) ; Gould. 

 B. of As. vii. pi. 71 ; Schrenck, Eeis. Amurl. i. p. 496, pi. xvi. 

 fig. 1 (egg) ; (Seebohm), B. Jap. Emp. p. 274 ; (Tacz.), F. 0. 

 Sib. 0. p. 1224 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxvi. p. 589 ; 

 (Eidgway), p. 17. 



<$ ad. (Japan). Differs from U. columla in having a more robust and 

 longer bill ; general colour slaty black, paler below, tinged with brown on 

 the shoulders, under wing-coverts, and axillaries ; orbital region white, 

 white alar patch large ; feathers on the chin and throat and above the 

 nasal opening whitish ; tail composed of 14 feathers. Culmen 2*0, 

 wing 7-7, tail 2 -05, tarsus T5 inch. 



Hob. North Pacific from the Commander Islands, the Sea of 

 Ochotsk, Kamchatka, the Kurile Islands, and coasts of Japan 

 and Corea. 



