284 GAvi^. 



recorded as Alca tarda, must be referred (Temminck and Schlegel, 

 Fauna Japonica^ Aves, p. 125). 



I have an example from Kamtschatka collected by Dybowski ; one 

 from the Kurile Islands collected by Wossnesensky ; and a third from 

 Hakodadi collected by Mr. Henson on the 12th of May. There are 

 two examples in the Swinhoe collection obtained by Captain. Blakiston 

 at Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 166), and five in the Pryer 

 collection from Yokohama. 



The Horn-billed Puffin is not known to have occurred as far ^north 

 as Bering Sea, or even on the Aleutian Islands ; but it is common 

 on the American shores of the Pacific, breeding on the islands near 

 the coast, as far north as Sitka on the southern coast of Alaska, and 

 as far south as the Parallon Islands near San Francisco. 



278. FRATERCULA PSITTACULA. 

 (PARROT-BILLED PUFFIN.) 

 Aka psittacula, Pallas, Spicilegia Zoologica, pt. v. p. 13 (1780). 



The Parrot-billed Puffin is easily recognized' by the shape of its 

 bill, the line of the gape curves upwards to such an extent that in 

 profile both outlines of the upper mandible appear equally convex. 



Figures: Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, pi. 16; Stejneger, Orn. Expl. 

 Comm. Isl. and Kamtschatka, pi. 4. fig. 6 (head) . 



Head of Fratercula psittacula. Natural size. 



The Parrot-billed Puffin has long been known to inhabit the 

 Kurile Islands (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat. ii. p. 366), and was found 



