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Of eggs we have two specimens, both taken by Mr. J. M. 

 Macoun, on St. Paul Island, Behring Sea in June, 1897. 



VII. CERORHINCA Bonaparte. 1828. 



15. Horned-billed Guillemot. EMnoceros Auklet. 



Cerorhinca monocerata (Pall,) Cass. 1858. 



Coasts and islands of North Pacific, breeding southward along 

 the British Columbian coast. {A. 0. U. List.) Found in the Gulf 

 of Georgia and breeds on the islands around Vancouver Island. 

 {Lord.) Coasts of Vancouver Island. {R. Brown.) Bischoff 

 secured nine specimens of this species at Sitka during the Tele- 

 graph Exploration. {Nelson.) 



VIII. PTYCHORAMPHUS. Brandt. 1837. 



16. Cassin's Auklet. 



Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pall.) Brandt. 1837. 



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Pacific coast of North America, from the Aleutian Islands to 

 Lat. 49°. (A. 0. U. List.) Breeds on the Aleutian Islands and is 

 rather common on some of them. {Turner.) This species was 

 seen in the Gulf of Georgia between Salt Spring Island and 

 Nanaimo and one shot May 7, 1887. {Macoun.) Seen in numbers 

 and one shot on Queen Charlotte Sound. {Dr. G. M. Dawson) 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN^ 



One male collected by Dr. G. M, Dawson, Queen Charlotte 

 Sound, B. C, Sept. 1885. 



IX. CYCLORRHYNCHUS Kaup. 1829. 

 iv. Paroquet Auklet. 



Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus (Pall.) Stejn. 



This species is extremely common in Behring Strait and 

 southward through the whole length of the Aleutian Islands, 

 as well as on the Prybiloff Islands, St. Matthew and St. Lawrence 

 islands. {Nelson.) Abundant on the Aleutian Islands, and breeds 

 in all suitable places. {Turner.) Common on the Prybiloff 

 Islands. (/. M. Macoun.) 



