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or if lit all, has not boon satisfactorily asct'itaincd. Acconliuf,' to the ohsorvations of 

 Mr. 11. Urownc, it occurs on the western scii-coawt of Vancouver Island. Dr. (.'ooiier, 

 in his Keport on tiu' liinls of \Vashin<,'ton Territory, mentions finding it coninion in 

 winter about the nu)nth of the Columbia Kiver, and was induced to express tho belief 

 that it does not occur farther south — wliich oiiinion he was aftcr'-ard led to modify, 

 haviuf,' met with a nund)er of these l)ir(ls in the open water off Aronterey in May, 

 l.S()2. Their presence tliere at that season indicated the prol)ahility that they miglit 

 be breedinj,' in that neiirhborhood. lie had previously to this obtained on the coast, 

 at the mouth of tho (,'oUuubia, two specimens that liad been killed by the storms ; and 

 he had observed, on his way down the coast, birds which he supposed to be of this 

 species, flying from under the steamer. lie could obtain no information as to their 

 habits or place of summer residence. The dead specimen found on tho beach at 

 Santa Cruz in January was taken at the most southern point where, so far as he 

 know, this si>ecies hail l)eon noticed. 



Under the name of li. WrnmjrH Afr. Dall mentions tho procuring of several speci- 

 mens of this bird by Hischoff at Sitka; where also many others in the normal 

 plumagt! were taken. And again referring to tliis si)ecies under that nanu>, Mr. J)all 

 mentions it as being (piite common in the Aleutian Islands east of Unalashka. \h' 

 (lid not moot witli any at the Shumagins, but thinks that it jjrobably abounds there. 

 lie does not refer to it in his Notes on tlu^ Uirds of the Western Aleutian Islands. 



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Brachjrramphus Kittlitzii. 



KITTLITZ'S GUILLEMOT. 



Braclviramphus KiltHtzii, Rr.AMvr, lUill. Ac. St. IVtersb. II. 1837, 340 (younf;). — Cass, in liaird's 

 li. N. All). ]8:.8, 917. — IJAiiii), Cat. N. Am. I!. 1859, no. 735. — Cocks, Key, 1872, 344; 

 Clu'ck List, 1873, no. 630 ; cd. 2, 1882, no. 8(i7. — Kiuow. Xom. N. Am. 15. 1881, no. 7.00. 



" Urid nnliqua" (Hiipposcd yoiinf;), Ari). 1$. Am. VH. 1844, 203, |il. 470, lig. 2. 



?? Uria brcvirostris, Vlii. Zool.,Ioiirn. IV. 1823, 3r)7 ("8iui IJlas") ; Zool. Beccliey'.s Voy. 1839, Uiii. 

 p. 32. 



?? nrachyrhuiqihus brcvirostris, .Vrcr. (See loot-note on p. 499.) 



Hah. Kiuiitsclialkii and Aleutian Islands, east to Unalashka, Point Eholin, and Nusliagak Bay. 



Sp. C'hak. Adidt, breed iiiij-plumitije: Aliovc, glossy phnnlicous-ldack, ovorywliero, except on 

 the wings and tail, thickly sjiotted witli creiuiiy buff, the spots generally having a longitudinal 

 tendency ; wings dusky slate, the middle and greater coverts narrowly liordered witli ashy, the 

 inner webs of the secondaries tipped with white ; tail slate-color, tlie tips of all the feathers, and 

 the inner wel)s of all except the inteiinediio, white. Sides of the head and neck, juguluni, sides, 

 and flanks, creamy bull', thickly spotted transversely, except on the head and neck, with dusky, the 

 spots on the juguluni partaking more or less of the form of lunulate bars ; other lower parts white 

 with scattered and less distinct lunulate bars of dusky, the crissuni and anal region innuaculate, 

 Lining of the wing uniform smoky slate, rather darker than in II. vutrmnratits. Bill uniform 

 black ; legs and feet light brownish in the skin, tlie webs and claws blackish. AdtUt, winter 

 'plumage: Pileum, crescentic bar immediately in front of eye, a broad bar extending across the 

 sides of the jugulum (nearly meeting iuiteriorly), with ujijier ])arts generally, i)lunibeous-.slate 

 with a silky ghiss ; the feathers of the back and rump narrowly lipped with white, many of them 

 showing a darker shade beneath the surfaci; ; scapulars mostly white, with plumbeous prevailing 

 on the outer webs ; wings nmch darker than tiie back, the greater coverts and secondaries dis- 

 tinctly, the remiges and ]iriniary coverts very indistinctly, Ijonlered with pale grayish. Lining of 

 the wing and axillars uniform slate-gray. Entire lower jiarts, aii<l all of the head and neck except 

 OS described, including a collar around the nape, inmiaculate pure white. Bill uniform black ; 

 feet brownish (in the skin), the wel)s darker. 



Wing, 5.10-5.80 inches ; culmen, .35-.45 ; depth of bill near base (at anterior end of nostril), 

 20-.22, width at same point, .15 ; tarsus, .(iO-.Go ; middle toe, .85-.95. 



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