BIRDS — ALCIDAE BEACHTKAMPHUS KITTLITZII. 



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Eather smaller than the preceding, and in adult plumage readily distinguished hy its crest of 

 long elevated feathers. "We have in the present collection young hirds only, all of which are 

 from Washington Territory. Adult specimens in the National Museum are from Japan. 



In addition to the preceding three species of this genus, of which numerous specimens are 

 now before us, three other species are described by Mr. Brandt in his very valuable Monograph 

 of the Alcidae, in the Bulletin of the Academy of St, Petersburg, II, p. 345, (1837.) Never 

 having seen either of those species, we can only transcribe the descriptions by the distinguished 

 author just mentioned. According to Bonaparte, they belong to Apdbapton. 



List of specimens. 



BEAOHYEAMPHUS WEANGELII, Brandt. 



Brachyramphus wrangelii, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 



Sp. Ch. — " Rostrum capitis dimidii circiter longitudine. Caput supra,, nucha et dorsum e nigricante grisea. Alae et cauda 

 nigrae. Reliquae partes, nee non stria longitudinalis supra alam albae. Tarsi digito medio breviores. Longitudino a rostri apice 

 ad caudae apicem, 9|". Patria Iiisulae Aleuticae." 



Bill about half the length of the head. Head above, neck behind, and back, blackish gray ; wings and tail black ; other parts 

 and a stripe on the wing white. Tarsus shorter than the middle toe. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 9| 

 inches. Inhabits the Aleutian Islands. 



BEAOHYEAMPHUS BEACHYPTEEUS, Brandt. 



Brachyramphus brachypterus, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 

 " Uria brachyptera, Kittl. MSS." — Brandt, as above. 



Sp. Oh. — "Supra cinerea, alis caudaque nigricantibus. Collura subtus et in lateribus, pectus et abdomen alba. Rostrum 

 capitis dimidii circiter longitudine. Tarsi digito medio longiores. Longitudino a rostri apice ad caudae apicem 9". Patria 

 Unalaschka. " 



Above cinereous ; wings and tail blackish ; neck beneath and on its sides, breast, and abdomen white. Bill about half the 

 length of the head ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 9 inches. Inhabits 

 Unalaschka. 



BEAOHYEAMPHUS KITTLITZII, Brandt. 



Brachyramphus MttUtxii, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 



Sp. Ch. " Supra cinerea nigricante et pallide e fusco-flavescente undulata et submaculata. Subtus alba, sub-fuscescente 



tenuissime lavata, nigro et quidem in pectore frequentius undulata. Alae e cinerascente et fusco nigrae. Rostrum brevissimutn, 

 capitis longitudinus tertiam partem circiter adaequans. Tarsi digito medio breviores. Longitudo a rostri apice ad caudae 

 apicem 9". Patria Kamtschatka." 



