I'UOCliLLARIID.K — TIIK I'KTHKLS — (ESTRELATA. 



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26. 

 U'y, 1872, 332; 



no. 71t5. 

 18(54, 120. 



tk, UualiwliU^i. 



lay, (laiki'V cm 

 t pak-i'ulon>l. 



-1.95 ; niiil'll'' 



Island, Pacili- 



.(Insky. Willi;, 

 toe, 1.70. 



Ocean, Init in niucli lij^liti-r colored beneath, /'. nalivitatis beinj; dark fnlii^iiious below, only a few 

 .sliadeH paler than the upper parts. Tlie propurtiimH are also ([iiite dilleient. 



Tills species aitpeais to be exelusively iiii iiiliabitiiut of the North I'aeifio coasts. 

 Mr. Dall refers to it as the "Seal IJinl," and states that a specimen, a perfe(^t skin, 

 was l)ouglit of Isaai^ Kollak, an Kskimoof great iiitellit,'eiif-e, who informed him that 

 lie jiad hoiif^lit it at Kotzelme Sound, wlieii on a visit, liaviiij^ never liimselt seen swell 

 a l.ird on Norton's Sonnd. Tiu' man of whom this bird was purchased said that it 

 was called Mlnlilnk tliii/iiii/ii/.\ or '•Seal-bird," as it is only found with the seals, and 

 Idllows them in their migration.s. 



E.xamples of this spi'eies are stattul by Mr. Cassin to iiave bi'cn taken off the coa.st 

 of Jai)an, near the eastcirn shore of Niphon, in hit. 'M° N. ; ai:d Messrs. lUakistoii 

 and I'ryer mention another ex;;ni]ile (d)taiiied after a tyidioon a*^. Voshino, Tamato, 

 the nearest .sea being for' v mili's distant. It had been struck down by a J lawk. 

 It agreed with the Hgnre in the '• Fauna Japonica." Its local name is given as 

 fiinhinuniiH'. Nothing is known in regard to its distribution, numbers, habits, or 

 breeding-place. 



Giovus CESTRELATA, Honai'Aktk. 



Afstrchtta, RoxAi'. Consp. II. ]8.')(i, 188 (type, Pmcelhiria hasitnttt, Kcili.). 



Ciuikiliirii), IloxAP. Consp. II. 18,'it!, li)0 (type, ProccHnria Ctxikii, (!i!AY). 



I'l.i: mdriima, ISoXAl'. Cousp. II. 18.')6, I'.tl (type, Proccllaria mucroptcru, .S.mith). 



CiiAii. Dill about as long .i«, or .shorter than, the tarsns, very deep, and niucli compressed ; 

 unj,'Mi very large, occupying nearly the terminal half of the bill ; nasal case very short (less than 

 one tliird as long as the unguis), 



Tile species of (Kutrdntd are very numerous (abiait twenty bi'ing known at the ]iiesi'nt time), 

 but only three of them are recorded from North American waters. They are the foUowing : — 



1. OB. heesitata. Adult (!) : Forehead, sides of h>'ail, neck (all round), entire lower parts, 



upper tail-coverts, and base of tail white ; u]iiier pai'ts and jiatcli on top of head dusky, 

 and side of head with a blackish bar. Yuuiui (() ; Wliite nuicli more restricted, immacu- 

 late only on forehead, lores, and median lower j)arts ^ihe latter even sometimes more or 

 less mi.xed with dusky) ; nape and sides of neck, with upper tail-coverts, white only 

 beneath the surlace. Rill black ; iris brown ; tarsi and basal tliird, or more, of toes, 

 with welis, yellowish in dried .skins (llesh-color in lil'eV). Wing, II. 70-12, 00 inches; 

 tail, .").50-r).7.'), graduated for about 1.50-2.30 ; culnien, 1.2<>-1.45 ; depth of bill at base, 

 .52-.(iH ; tarsus, 1.35-1.-10; middle toe, 1.50, or more. Hah. AVanner parts of Athuitic 

 Ocean, straying north to Florida, France, and England. Sandwich Islands ? 



2. CE. Fisheri. Adult : Aliove, silvery ]dumbeous, witli a distinctly darker (blackish slate) 



area on lesser wing-covert region ; greater and middle wing-coverts and teitials plum- 

 beous-gray, very distinctly edged with white ; outer primaries and their coverts blackisli 

 slate, the inner ones gradually more plumbeous ; tail-feathers transversely vermiculated 

 with white and gray, the middle featiiers uniform plumbeous-gray. Lores, chin, throat, 

 jugulum, and erissum immaculate white ; forehead and crown white, spotted with dusky ; 

 abdomen, flanks, and breast smoky plumbeous on the surface, lait jiure white immediately 

 beneath, this white showing through in jdaces ; a distinct dusky .spot immediately before 

 and beneath the eye ; middle portion of wing-lining and inner webs of ])rinmries pure 

 wiiite, the latter with a distinct blackish stripe next the shaft. Rill black ; iris brown ; 

 legs llesh-cidor (?), pale brownish in dried skin ; toes dusky, the basul third of inner web 

 and basal phalanx of inner and middle toes pale-colored. Wing, 10.15 inches ; tail, 4.00, 

 its graduittion, .75; eulmen, 1.00; de])th of liill at Inise, .40; tarsus, 1.35; middle toe, 

 with claw, 1.70. Hub. Off coast of Alaska (Kadiak). 

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