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U. S. p. E. K. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL EEPOKT. 



List of specimens. 



Synthliboramphus, B r a n d t . ^ 

 BEACHYEAMPHUS ANTIQUUS, Gmelin. 



The Ancient Auk ; The Grey-headed A™k. 



Mca anliqua, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 554. 

 Una antiqua, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 100; pi. 402. 

 Uria senicula, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso- Asiat. II, 1811, 367. 

 Mergulus cirrhocephiilus, Vigors, Voy. Blossom, Orn. p. 32, (1639.) 

 Figures. — Aud. B. of Am. pi. 402, fig. 12; oct. ed. VII, pi. 470. — Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Jap, Aves, pi. 80. 



Sp. Ch. — Small; bill wider and more flattened laterally than in the preceding, notched and curved towards the point. Wing 

 moderate; tail very short; legs and feet moderate. Throat and head above black. A longitudinal stripe of narrow white 

 feathers on each side above and behind the eye; another wide stripe of white on the neck below the eye, uniting with the 

 white of the under parts of the body; back and rump light ashy. Under parts white, with a transverse wide stripe of 

 brownish black on the sides below the closed wings. Under wing coverts white; quills and tail brownish black. Numerous 

 lines of white on the neck behind and on the shoulders; bill yellow, with the culmen dark brown; feet yellow. Younger, with 

 the upper parts obscurely tinged and striped with dull reddish, and the under parts with dark brown. 



Total length, about 9^ to 10 inches; wing, 5| inches; tail, Ij inches. 



Hab. — Northwestern coast of America. 



Anotlier very handsome sea bird inhabiting the North Pacific, but apparently not so abund- 

 ant as the preceding. It is easily distinguished by its larger size and the white stripes on each 

 side of the head. 



BEACHYEAMPHUS TEMMINOKII, Brandt. 



Brachyramphiis temminckii, Brandt, Bull Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 346. 

 Uria umizitsume, Temm. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 133. 



Figures. — 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 sides 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 ; underwing coverts white ; bill and 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. 



Total length about 9'^ inches ; wing, 5j ; tail, Ij inch. 



Hab. — ^Northwestern coast of America ; northern Asia ; Japan, (Nat. Mus., from Perry's Expedition.) 



Bill wide laterally, compressed; size larger than the preceding. 



