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near it. It is very shy and cautious, and is seldom killed even 

 by the Indians, who are fond of its flesh. 



Slendee-billed Guillemot. 



Uria *Townscndi, (Aubudon.) Birds of America, Vol. IV., pi. 

 430. Male and female. 



Bill very slender, black ; nostrils small, rounded, open ; an 

 interrupted circle of white around the eye; head and neck above, 

 dark umber brown, slightly waved with blackish ; back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts, light yellowish-fuscuos, with broad transverse 

 bands of black ; wings blackish, edged with grayish-plumbeous, 

 the greater coverts tipped with white ; tail short, rounded, extend- 

 ing about an inch beyond t,he closed wings ; throat cinereous- gray 

 waved transversely with a darker tint ; lower parts black, spotted 

 with white; flanks white; legs and feet sulphur yellow; claws 

 black. Irides dark hazel. Length 8 inches. 



The female has the whole upper parts of a dull cinereous 

 color ; scapulars, and a narrow occipital band, white ; whole 

 lower parts white; a hw black, longitudinal streaks on the 

 flanks. Length about the same as the male. 



Inhabits the bays of the N. W. Coast of America, in latitude 

 38° to 40°. The specimens were shot and presented to me by 

 Captain W. Brotchie, to whom I am under very great obligations 

 for the addition to ray collection of several line species. 



