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ALCID^, AUKS. GEN. 326, 327. 



470, f. 1 (fig. 2, of supposed young, is B. MUlilzii) ; Brachyrhamphus 

 antiquus Cass, in Bd., 916 ; S. antiquus Coues, I. c, 56. Brachyrhamphus 

 bracJij/pterus BRAt^TiT ; Cass, in Bd., 917 ; Coues, ^. c. 67. . . antiquus. 

 TemmincJi's Guillemot. Adult in the breeding season crested. White 

 superciliary stripe advancing far in front of the eye. Bill slenderer and more 

 acute, scarcely or not J as deep at base as long, yellow, with black on culmen. 



riG. 231. Temminok's Guillemot. Adult. 



Fig. 232. Temmmok'a Guillemot. Young. 



Young (and adult each winter?), uncrested, bill black; above nearly 

 uniform cinereous, below entirely white except along the sides : this is 

 Brachyrhamphus hypoleucus Xantus ; Coues, I. c. 64 ; Elliot, pi. 72 ; 

 Uria craveri Salvadori ; Coues, I. c. 66; Elliot, Introd. No. 172, with 

 fig. of head. Whole Pacific Coast to Cape St. Lucas, abundant. B. tem- 

 mincJcii Cass, in Bd., 916; iS. lourmizusume Coues, I. c. wurmizusume. 



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326. Genus BRACHYEHAMPHITS Brandt. 



*jif* Tarsi little compressed, entirely reticulate, obviously shorter than the middle 

 toe without its claw ; bill shorter than head, very slender and acute, with inflected 

 . tomia ; nostrils minute, overlaid by feathers. No crest. 



** M MarUed Guillemot, or Murrelet. Adult in summer blackish, singularly 

 variegated with chestnut or rusty, and white ; bill black ; adult in winter 

 plumlseous, the feathers with darker centres, the scapulars and entire under 

 parts, excepting some dark touches on the flanks, pure white. Length 

 9-10 ; wing 5 ; tail 1^ ; tarsus and bill f or less. Pacific Coast to Gala. 

 Uria toivnsendii Aud., vii, 278, pi. 475 (winter and summer, not old and 

 young as supposed) ; Uria marmorata Nutt., ii, 525 ; B. marmoratus Cass. 

 in Bd., 915; Coues, I. c. 61; B. lorangeli Brandt; Cass, in Bd., 917; 

 Coues, I. c. 63 (winter, not difiierent species as supposed) . marmoratus. 



V I Kittlitz's Murrelet. Described as diflfering from the foregoing by its much 

 shorter bill (only 1 along gape), deeper at base, and lateral tail feathers 

 white, black-striped lengthwise. N. Pacific. Unknown to me ; no recognized 

 specimens in American collections. B. hittlitzii Brandt, 1837, 346 ; 1869, 

 213; Cass, in Bd., 917. Brandt holds that Audubon's fig. 2 of pi. 470 

 represents this species. 9Uria hrevirostris YiGons, Zool. Journ. vi, 1827, 

 357 ; Voy. Blossom, 32 kittlitzii. 



327. Genus TJIIIA Brisson. 



*5f* Tarsi entirely reticulate, little, if anjr, shorter than middle toe without its 

 claw ; bill straight, smooth, about equal to tarsus ; nostrils incompletely feathered ; 



