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ANCIENT PUFFIN. 



(Fratercula antiqua.) 



Fr. corpore nigricante, abdomine albo, pennis cervicalibus linea- 



ribus elongatis albis. 

 Puffin with a dusky body, white abdomen, and linear elongate 



white cervical feathers. 

 Alca antiqua. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 554. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 795. 

 Ancient Auk. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 240. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 



326. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 70. 



Length near eleven inches : beak with its base 

 white, and from the nostrils to the tip black j the 

 feathers come very forward thereon ; and the eyes, 

 in consequence, appear to be placed far back in the 

 head : this part, as also the sides and throat, are deep 

 black : the upper part of the body and wings are 

 dusky black : the under part of a pure white : on the 

 ears, just behind the eyes, spring several long narrow 

 white feathers, which fall down on each side of the 

 neck and unite at the lower part, forming a kind of 

 crescent ; they are somewhat curled at the base, where 

 they are most numerous : the legs are placed very far 

 back, and are dusky : the tail is short, rounded, and 

 black. 



Inhabits various parts of the Northern Pacific 

 Ocean, from North America to Kamtschatka and the 

 Kurile Islands. 



