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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



D. Culmen over 1 J long .5. Murre. 



D. Culmen less than If long 6. Briinnich's Murre. 



E. Greater wing coverts wholly white 4. Mandt's GuiUemot. 



E. Greater wing coverts black at base 3. Black Guillemot. 



F. Upper parts, including a band around throat, brownish-black ; belly- 

 white 2. Puffin. 



F. Upper parts a glossy blue-black ; belly grayish-brown ; head of the 

 adult with crests o£ yellow feathers 1. Tufted Puffin. 



1. Tufted Puffin (12. Lunda cirrhhta). — A bird similar in 

 form to the next, with the upper parts a glossy blue-black and 



the lower ones grayish- 

 brown. The head is fur- 

 '*'~ \ nished with two crests of 



1 I iMeK^i^ ^HBHII'vI yellow, silky feathers above 

 S^JlH^^^^H "^A ^^^ @y^^) ^i^'i ^^^ ^^^^ P<^''- 

 ''^^^HB^^B 8t tion of the head is white. 

 li pPWW Hf iii^ •■ ^ Young lacks crests, white 

 ,'•/ face, and the grooves of 



Tiifted Puffin the bill. 



Length, 15 ; wing, 7f ; tail, 2| ; tarsus, \\ ; culmen, 2|. North Pacific ; 

 accidental on coast of Maine. 



2. Puffin (13. Frat&rcula drctica). — A very stout-billed diver, 

 with the upper parts, including a band around the neck, brown- 

 ish-black, breast and belly white, and the sides of the head 

 grayish - white. The 

 bill in life, especially 

 during the breeding 

 season, is peculiarly 

 ridged and of bright 

 red, blue, and white 

 colors. Breeding birds 

 have a horny spine 

 over the eye. (Sea - 

 Parrot.) -"^^" 



Length, 13 ; wing, ej 

 (6-6f); tail,2J; tarsus, 1; 

 culmen, 1|. North Atlan- Puffin 



