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Nat. Vég. Europ., 1870, 404; Atlas, 1871, pl. 59, fig. 6. Perkins, Am. Nat., 
vii, 1873, 240 (Fairfax, Vt., Dec.).—Patmin, Vega-Exped., 1887, 385 (Spitz- 
bergen, Van Méjen Bay, etc.).—CrarKe (W. E.), Zoologist, 1890, 43 (Jan 
Mayen Land; habits). 
[Uria] arra Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1867, 300 (vicinity New York 
City). 
[Lomvia] arra Coves, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 346, part. 
Lomvia arra Couzs, Check List, 1873, no. 635, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 876, part.— 
Barrows, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xix, 1877, 160, part (monogr.),.—Kum- 
wien, Bull. U. 8. Nat. Mus., no. 15, 1879, 105 (Resolution Island; Grinnell 
Bay, Cumberland Gulf).—Goss, Trans. Kansas Ac. Sci., viii, 1883 59 (Bird 
Rocks, Gulf of St. Lawrence).—STzarns and Covzs, New Engl. Bird Life, 
ii, 1883, 398. 
Alca arra ScHLEGEL, Mus. Pays-Bas, vi, no. 33 (Urinatores), 1867, 16. 
Uria troille (not of Linnzus, 1758) Brinnicw, Orn. Bor., 1764, 27 (Iceland). 
Uria troile Woon (N. A.), Bull. Mich. Orn. Club, 1897, 10 (near Gibraltar, Mich- 
igan; flock of 10, Dec. 26, 1896). 
Uria francsii Luacu, Trans. Linn. Soc., xii, 1819, 538, 588 (‘‘near Ferrol”).— 
Tremmincx, Man. d’Orn., 2d ed., pt. ii, 1820, 924.—Stzpnens, Shaw’s Gen. 
Zool., xii, pt. 2, 1824, 243.—Wurwer, Atlas, Palmipédes, 1828, pl. 96.— 
Scunz, Europ. Faun., i, 1840, 360.—Drz Kay, New York Zool., Birds, 1844, 
- 280. 
Uria polaris Brum, Lehrb. Eur. Vég., pt. ii, 1824, 931 (Greenland); Handb. 
Vég. Deutschl., 1831, 984, pl. 45, fig. 1. 
[ Uria troile] 8 Laraam, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 797 (based partly on Uria svarbag 
Briinnich). 
URIA LOMVIA ARRA (Pallas). 
PALLAS’S MURRE. 
Similar to U. 1. lomvia but larger, and with basal portion of maxil- 
lary tomium less conspicuously light colored. (Downy young with 
color of upper parts and lateral under parts darker, and with white 
of under parts purer and more abruptly defined.)2: 
Adult male-—Wing, 214-229.9 (221.7);® tail, 42-54.5 (51.1);° 
exposed culmen, 39-46 (42.4); depth of bill at gonydeal angle, 14-15 
(14.6); tarsus, 35-40.6 (36.7); middle toe, 43.247 (45.9).° 
Adult female.—Wing, 207-225 (217.2); tail, 46-57 (51.6); exposed 
culmen, 36-42 (38.6); depth of bill at gonydeal angle, 13.5-15 (14.4); 
tarsus, 35-38 (36.5); middle toe, 43.5-48.5 (45.9).4 : 
Coasts and islands of Bering Sea and adjacent portions of Arctic 
and northern Pacific Oceans; breeding from Koliutschin, Wrangel, 
and Herald islands, Point Barrow (and Herschel Island ?) southward 
to Kodiak Island, Aleutian Islands, and Commander Islands; in 
winter southward to northern Japan (Kuril Islands; Sakhalin 
Island; Yezo, between Hakodate and Mororau).¢ 
& Possibly not a constant character. 
b Eight specimens, from Alaska, 
¢ Five specimens (from Alaska), 
@ Six specimens, from Alaska. 
e Apparently there are no records for the American coast south of Kodiak Island. 
