AI-ril).K TIIK AUKS — KIlATKJJlM'r.A. 



r)20 



CcMKs, I'r. Ac. Nut. S.i. I'liilii.l. 

 •2, 18H'2, iio. sriM ; Klliolt's Alaskji, 



Fratercula corniculata. 



THE' HORNED PUFFIN. 



, Mormmi mmirulitlinii, Natm. Isis, IS-.M, "S'J, pi. 7, I'iks. :i, I (Kaintwliiitka). (Vvss. in I'.iiiid's 



If. N. Am. IHfiH, iiO'J. — lUliii", (at. N. Am. II. IS.V.i 7l:t. D.vi.r, .t II.vnmsi. Tr. (liiiiiKo 



Ac. I. l.S(l!», ;t(iS. 

 Litmlil iirclirii, I'Al.r,. '/,i»>H. ltns.so.As. II. IS-Jti, IJii.'i (I'ait). 

 Friitirriilii mniiciildlii, (lit.w, (icii. li. III. IHi'.i, t;:i7, [jj. i7t. 



18(is, 21 ; Ki.y, l,S7-2, ;H(I ; Check l.ist, 187;», no. (117 ; «m|. 



187.'>, 'Jd'J. liiiMiw. Noni. N. Am. 11. 18M, no. 711. 

 Mnrmoii ij/ii.iii/h. Ant. Orn. I'.io;-. III. l,s:i.-,, rili'.t, \>\. 'Z'Xi, tit'. I ; B. An\ Vli. 18M, -I'M, jil. HWi 



(notol'LEAcii). --«i'>ii.i., M. Kur. V. 1837, 1>I. 404. 



Hah. Coasts uiid islamls of Ihu North I'acillc, IVoiii Kuiiitschiitkii to Sitka. 



Si*. Chak. Ailnlf, hrmlhiij-pliimiiijf : I'ilcuiii iniitoiin drali or j,'iayish hrowii ; cnlirc sidi- of 

 the licad, iiu'liidin^' a liroail su]>ciriliaiy slii|ic, wliitc ; lower jtarl of neck (all rounil), with I'litiru 

 iipiier parts, uniform dcf[) l)lack, tlu; throat more fu]lj,'inoiis, and chan^in;,' to sniokv },'iay toward 

 till! Iiasc! of till- niaiidililf. Knliru lower parts, e.xcept as deserihed, plain while, the lining; of the 

 win^' uiiiforni smoky j,'ray. Soft eye-horiis hrownish l>lack, with a delicate silky j,doss ; naked 

 eye-riiit; vuriuilion ; tip of bill, to helweeii 2d and 'M j,'roovu, salmon-red alonj,' ciilmeii and j,'oiiys, 



be 

 le 



F, Cdrniciiltitii, nuiiimrr mhilt. 



clsewiien! brownish rod ; base of bill very li^ht and brij^ht clirome-yellow, the tiiiniil rnsotte at 

 the corner of the mouth bri^dit nranj^c, as is also the inti-rior of the month and the ton;.,'ne ; iri.s 

 brf)wnisli <»ray ; feet intense vermilion-recl duriuL; heii;ht of breeilinj^-suason, but uinch ]ialer botli 

 bofort! and after.' Ailulf,in wivtrr : lliW much broader throu;,di llii; middle portion than nt the 

 b.tse, the culnien hein;,' more or loss ••ircheil just behind the middle portion ; destitute of the basal 

 shields ; the <,'onys horizontal and nearly straij,'lit for the basal half, then perfectly strai^^ht, and 

 forming,' i\ decided upward anj,de to the tip ; riclal rosette nearly obsolete, pale yellow, imd super- 

 ciliary horn absent. (!olor of bill dark brownish, the terminal portion lij,diti;r, and tingetl more 

 or les.s with omnge-reddi.sh. Side of head ash-jjray, becominj; sooty blackish on loivs and orbital 



• The Authors nre under obli^fatinns to Dr. L. Stcjncffcr fur the privilege of consultinf; hi.s notes imd 

 colored dniwiitfts made from freshly killed sjiecimciis, mid for his kind p'niiis,siiin to make use of them 

 here. Thoy ni-c also iiidelitc<l to him for iiinch information eoncerning the perplexing transitions of plu- 

 mage and other particulars irgardiiig various Alcidit: wliicli eouUl only Iw known from a study of these 

 remnrkable birds in their iiatiilid haunts, 

 vol,. II. — <i7 



