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GENUS IlI.— PHALERIS, Temm.— PHAL ER1S. 
475, Phaleris cristatella, Gmel.— Curled-crested Phaleris. 
Bill, scarlet; tips, yellow; tuft of recurved feathers on anterior of fore- 
head; upper parts, brownish gray; lower, purplish gray ; line of elongate 
white feathers from eye to side of neck. Adult, 10. Habitat, North-West 
coast of America. 
Phaleris cristutella, Aud. v. 102; plate 402; Syn. p. 347. 
476. Phaleris nodirostris, Bonap. — Knob-billed Phaleris. 
Bill, deep red; knob, blue; feet, dusky gray; upper parts, brownish 
black ; fore parts and sides of head, streaked with white feathers; lower 
parts, white, mottled with dusky. dult,6. Habitat, North-West coast. 
Phaleris nodirostris, ud. v. 101; plate 402; Syn. p. 346. 
GENUS IV.—MERGULUS, Ray.—SEA-DOVE. 
477. Mergulus Alle, Linn. —Common Sea Dove, Wilson, p. 658. 
Uria Alle, Bonap. Syn. p. 425. Rich. & Swain. ii. 479. Nutt. ii. 531. Aud. iv 
304; plate 339; Syn. p. 347. 2 
GENUS V.—URIA, Lath. — GUILLEMOT. 
478, Uria antiqua, Gmel. — Black-throated Guillemot. 
Bill and feet, yellow; head and upper part of neck, black, excepting a 
band of elongated feathers beginning over the eye, and extending down 
the hind part of the neck, and a broad band of white commencing behind 
the ear, and curving forward to join the white, which is the general color 
of the lower parts except the flanks, which are black ; back, wings, and 
tail, grayish black. Adult, 10. Habitat, North-West coast. 
Uria antiqua, 4ud. v. 100; Syn. p. 349 ; plate 402. 
479. Uria occidentalis, Bonap. —Horn-billed Guillemot. 
Bill, orange yellow ; feet, grayish yellow; upper parts, black; lower 
parts, white ; two bands of white feathers on each side of head. dul 
153. Habitat, North-West coast. 
Cerorhyncha occidentalis, Bonap. Syn. p. 428. Nutt. ii. 538. — Ceratorhyncha oc- 
cidentalis, 4ud. v. 104. — Uria occidentalis, Syn. p. 349. 
480. Uria Brunswickii, Sabine. — Large-billed Guillemot. 
Bill, black ; feet, dusky, tinged with red; plumage, grayish black on 
upper parts; sides of head and throat, tinged with brown; lower fore part 
of neck, breast, abdomen, edges of wings, and tips of secondaries, white ; 
sides, streaked with grayish black. Male, 134, 30. Habitat, from Maine 
north. Egg, 3$ by 2}, bluish green, streaked and spotted with black. 
Uria Brunswickii, Bonap. Syn. p. 424. Rich. & Swain. ii. 427. Nutt. ii. 529. Aud. 
ili. 336; Syn. p. 349; plate 345. 
481. Uria Troile, Zinn. — Foolish Guillemot. — Murre. 
Bill and feet, black; upper parts, grayish black; sides of head and 
throat, tinged with brown; fore neck, breast, abdomen, edges of wings, 
and tips of secondaries, white; sides str2aked with grayish black. Male, 
174, 30. Habitat, from Maine north. Eggs, three, laid on the bare 
