12. Tufted Puffin (Lunda cirrhata). L..15. Ads., 
summer. Cheeks white; a pair of long straw color 
plumes from behind eyes; rest of plumage sooty. 
Winter. Cheeks sooty, plumes usually absent. Yng. 
Similar to winter adult, but breast and belly whitish. 
Range.—Northern Pacific; resident locally from Santa Barbara 
Islands north to Alaska. Accidental in Maine. 
“13. Puffin (Fratercula arctica). L. 13; W. 6; B. 1.8. 
Ads. Above, and foreneck blackish; cheeks and under 
parts white; bill in summer touched with bright red. 
Notes. A hoarse croak. 
Range.— North Atlantic; breeds from Bay of Fundy north to Green- 
land; winters south to Long Island. 
13a. Large-billed Puffin (F. a. glacialis). W. 7; 
B. 2.1. Similar to No. 13, but larger. 
Range.—Arctic Ocean from Spitzenbergen to northern Greenland. 
14. Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata). Simi- 
lar to No. 13, but in summer with the throat blackish. 
Notes. ‘‘A hoarse snuffling, rattling note’’ (Nelson.) 
Range. ‘Northern Pacific from Kuril Islands to British Colum- 
bia.”’ (A. O. U.) 
15. Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhkinca monocerata). L. 
15.5. Ads., summer. A horn on base of bill; two pairs 
of white tufts; above blackish; throat and breast gray- 
ish; belly white. Wenter. Similar, but nohorn. Yug. 
Similar to winter ad. but no tufts. 
Range.—“‘North Pacific: breeding south (formerly) to the Far- 
allones; in winter south to Lower California and Japan."’ (A. O.U.) 
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