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A specimen I found dead at Shoalwater bay, in September, 1854, was smaller, and had a 

 different bill, being probably an immature bird. 



Length, 9 inches; extent, 16.25. Iris grayish; bill and feet pale flesh color. — C. 



BRACHYRAMPHUS TEMMINCKII, Brandt. 



Brachyramphus temminckii, Bkakdt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, 11, 1837, 346. — Baikd & Cassin, Gen. Rep. Birds, 



p 916. 

 Uria umizusume, Temm. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 123. 

 FiGUKEs — Temm. PI. Col. pi. 579. — Temm & Schleg. Faun. Jap. Aves, pi. 79. 



Sp. Ch. — Small ; bill rather lengthened and slender, a crest of long erectile feathers in front ; wings rather short ; tail 

 short, rounded ; legs and feet short and rather weak. Crest feathers black ; longitudinal stripes on the top of the head, 

 throat, back of the neck, and longitudinal wide stripe on the bides throughout the length of the body, brownish black. 

 Back, wing coverts, and rump light cinereous ; quills and tail brownish black. Wide stripes over each eye, uniting on the 

 occiput, white. Entire under parts white ; under wing coverts white ; feet light colored ; culmen dark brown. Female and 

 winter plumage ? — No crest ; head above brownish black ; throat ashy brown ; stripe on the sides ashy, frequently with circular 

 spots of white. 



Length of male, 9J inches ; extent, 17J ; wing, S>\ ; tail, \\ inch. Iris brown ; bill blackish ; feet gray ; inside of mouth 

 dusky anteriorly, pale posteriorly. 



Eah. — Northwestern coast of America ; northern Asia. 



This bird is quite common during the late fall and winter months on Puget Sound. I have 

 also seen it sparingly during the summer season, and have killed a specimen in July. I suppose 

 that a few breed in the vicinity, although I never could ascertain certainly. 



In habits this species resembles much the guillemots, diving readily and quickly when alarmed. 

 It is probable that it has the power of using its wings while under water in the same manner 

 as the loons and other divers; this, I suspect, from the quickness that one while under water 

 will traverse long distances. Their power of remaining beneath the surface appears, however, 

 to be much more limited than that of the grebes. A specimen killed by me, Jul}- 18, 1856, had 

 the feet and legs dusky flesh color; bill nearly Mack. The upper and lower eyelids each had a 

 small spot of white upon them, a character which, in the dried skins, may not usually be apparent. 

 When folded the wing tips reached exactly to the end of the tail. — S. 



This sea dove resides, during winter, in the sounds and bays of the Territory in large numbers, 

 though not gregarious. In March they migrate further north for the summer, and are then 

 seen in pairs at some distance from the shore. — C. 



