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Birds of Canada. 



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 makes the head look large and 

 round. The crown of the head and upper part 

 of the plumage are black, and a collar of the 



