724 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Uria minor StrrHENsS, Shaw’s Gen. Zool., xii, pt. 2, 1824, 246. 
Uria norvegica BREHM, Handb. Vég. Deutschl., 1831, 983. 
Uria intermedia Nivsson, Skand. Fauna, ii, 1835, 506. 
Uria lomvia (not Alca lomvia Linneus) Brinnica, Orn. Bor., 1764, 27.—Nav- 
MANN, Vég. Deutschl., xii, 1844, 508, pl. 331—Rercuensacu, Natatores, 
1850, pl. 8, figs. 39-42.—Scnrnz, Nat. Vog., 1853, 221, pl. 102.—Cassin, in 
Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 913.—Barrp, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 
1859, no. 729.—Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. Y., viii, 1867, 300 (vicinity New 
York City).—Frtrscu, Nat. Vég. Eur., 1870, 493; Atlas, 1871, pl. 60, fig. 7.— 
Samuezs, Nests and eggs N. Am. Birds, 1883, 568.—HarrTenrt, Ibis, 1892, 
522 (Danzig, Germany). 
U[ria] lomvia Keyseruine and Brasius, Wirb. Eur., 1840, pp. xcii, 238. 
Alca lomvia ScuteGEL, Mus. Pays-Bas, vi, no. 33 (Urinatores), 1867, 15. 
Uria briinnichii (not of Sabine, 1817) Barryz, Icebound on Kolguev, 1895, 20; Ibis, 
1896, 155. 
(?) [Colymbus troile, var.] 8 DonnvorrrF, Beytr. Zool., ii, pt. i, 1794, 875. 
(?) [Colymbus troile, var.] y Donnporer, Beytr. Zool., ii, pt.i, 1794, 876. 
(?) “Columbus langvia Piarr, Reise n. Isl. p. 562.’”’% (Bryant.) - 
URIA TROILLE CALIFORNICA (Bryant). 
CALIFORNIA MURRE. 
Similar to U. t. troille but with wing, culmen, and middle toe aver- 
aging longer and bill deeper throvgh gonydeal angle, with culmen 
less curved. 
Adult male—Wing, 199-212 (203.9); tail, 45-51 (47.4); exposed 
culmen,,43.5-50 (46.1); depth of bill at gonydeal angle, 13-15 (14.1); 
tarsus, 34-38 (36.3); middle toe, 48-50 (45.9).4 
Adult female.—Wing, 182-223.5 (204); tail, 39-53 (45.6); exposed 
culmen, 42-58 (45.7);% depth of bill at gonydeal angle, 14-15.7 (15);° 
tarsus, 33-40.6 (36.3); middle toe, 43-48.3 (45).° 
@The correct citation is probably Colymbus langvigia Olafison, Reise, etc. (Coues.) 
bd Eleven specimens. ¢ Four specimens. 
Depth 
x of bill stati 
7 Locality. Wing, | Tail, | Poses was Tarsus.| Miccle 
men, | deal 
angle. 
MALES. 
Two adult males from California............-.-....... 199 45.5 44.7 14 37.2 45.7 
‘Two adult males from Washington (July)............. 204 48 48.5 14.5 37.2 47.5 
, Seven adult males from Alaska.........22....222..-24. 205.3.) 47.9] 45.7) 141] 35.7 45.5 
FEMALES. 
Three adult females from California. .................. 189 43.5 45, laser 34.7 44.8 
Eight adult females from Alaska.....................- 209.7 47.1 45.9 15 36.9] 45.1 
Should the difference in size between specimens from California on the one hand and 
those from Washington and northward prove constant, the name californica should 
be restricted to the southern form (the diagnosis of the subspecies being at the same 
time emended, since the California bird is not larger than the Atlantic one), and a new 
name provided for the northern subspecies. : 
