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TIIK ])IVIN(i KIUDS I'YOOl'ODKS. 



Ih'iriijl l/iiiliifl. 



ivffion. VI };i' oIlitTwisc iis in sinnnn'i', Iml pilciiiii ilaikiT or Mackish Iumwii. Kvdiils luiiwii- 



isli j^riiy, ft'i^t pull' rctlilisli. Yduuii: Similar in iiliiiiiii;,'!' to tiic winter atlull, luif liili very ilill'errnl, 

 bein^r niiU'li niirniwi'r, the ciilnien imt at all arclieil, ami llie terminal ]ii>rtinn nt' Imtli maxilla and 

 niantlilile ilesliliite dI' uny trace nl' transverse ^'rnoves. Ihwiitj iioitmj: rnil'nrni I'lilij^inonslilark 



orilnsky, tlie aliilnMien alinijitly while. 



'I'cital len;,'th, alioiit 1;{.(KI inches; extent, 

 •2 I. .")(•; win;,', v. (II 1-7. lTi ; ciilnien (clmrd), i!.l)ii- 

 •1.-^:) \ ^jiinys, I.(lii-I70; (leplh nf maxilla at 

 l>a-e, I.I,") I l'."> ; lit mandilile. .TiKsii ; tarsus, 



i.i:>-i.-j"> ; mi<l<lle loe, i.:»:'-i.(i:>. 



'I'lii.s s|iccii',s i.s coiiiiiiKii ti> tiic Nitrtli- 

 cni I'licilic Ocraii, and i.s ioiiinl ahuif^ 

 the .Maskaii coast ami on nearly all 

 till' islands in r>chrin>,'*.s Sea. II. also 

 oeeiirs on tiic eastern shore of Asia, 

 and was taken in the Sea of Ocliotsk hv 

 tlic naturalists connected with the i;oj,'ers Kx|iliirin.ir l'<x|ieditioii. 



Mr. Itannisler mentions this species as lieiiii; coinnion on Whale Island, north of 

 St. ISIiidiatd's. This island is steep and rocky, and laiulinj,' on it except, in very favor- 

 alile weatlier is dillicnll. Tpon the only occasion on whicli it was visili'd no in'sis 

 were discovered, thoni;]) he is conlideid that liolh Ihi species and the 'rnfted I'niliii 

 hreed tliere, yoiin,!.; liirds scarctdy ahle to lly iiavin^ heen caplnred. 'I'iie iiirds nest in 

 the (h'cpand narrow interstices(d' the rocks, entirely out of li'acli ; and <'veii if tlie m-st 

 is witliiii the reach of a man's arm. it wonlil lie hazardous to attempt to rol» it, except 

 in the alisence of the |)arent- liird, whose powerful hill is capahlc of intiictin^ a very 

 severe wound. An ICskimo hoy in Mr. |{annist,er's service, not iiavinjj; a pocket, was 

 so careless as to put a nearly j^rown yoniit; I'nilin of this species for security under 

 liis upper garment, ami was severely lacerated liy the hird. 



Mr. Dall also speaks of this hird as lieing extremely ahundant on the rocky islands 

 near St. Michaid's. It was also ohserved hy him at Plover Ihiy, ("oal llarhor, I'n^'a 

 Island, and Aliaska. It has lieeii ohtained at Kot/.ehne Sound, and was |irocnred 

 ahundantly at Sitka and Kadiak hy Mr. ItisidiolV. 



Mr. Dall also states, in his Notes on the .Vvifauna of the Aleutian Islands from 

 I'lialashka eastward, that the /■'. ntnilni/nfn is ipiilc rai'c on those islands. It is. 

 however, very c<mimoii in the Shuma;.,nn Islands, where it appears to enlirely take 

 the place (d" the l.iiinhi iln-hntn. It is resident there lhrou;j;hout the y<'iir. and hreeds 

 in hoh'H and crevices in the clitl's of Itound Island, Coal IlarlMir, and I'lii^a. The cl^lts 

 of this species were ohtained there; and Ihoii^jh the parent hird, which was canuht 

 on the nest, manat^cd In esc;ipe, they were well idenlilicd. The ef,'j,'s which were then 

 taken were single, one in each nest, and were of a mottled rusty color with daik 

 spots, though h(^ had expecled In have found them white. These eggs, as it. now 

 appears, must have heen discolored hy the soil on the rock on whiidi they were laid, 

 as the color of the egg when fresh is while. 



To this Mr. Dall adds, in his Notes on the ISirds of tlie Islands west of Unalashka. 

 that he there found it resident and ahundant from Allit to the ShnmagiuH, and with 

 liahii,, iimilar to those of the /,. n'rr/iii/ii. 



Mr. II. \V. Klliott founil this species common in the I'ryhilof Islands, and Htates 

 in reference t(i it, that the eye iii'ver fails to lie arrested hy this odd-looking hird. 

 with its grejd shovel like, lemon-yellow and red hill, as it sits sciuattcd in glum silence 

 on \\u' rocky cliif-jierchcs, regariling ap|iroach w it h an air of stolid wonder, Ncemingly 



