U K. 



V3 



Alca cirrhata, Pall. Spic. v. p. 7. pi. 1 and 5. 



Le Macareux de Kamtfchatka, Buf. Oif.'yx.. p. 368. — PL Enl. 761. 



Tufted Auk, Ara. Zool. N° 432. 



Lev. Muf. 



TUFTED A. 

 Pl. XCV. Fig. 1. 



Hp H I S is fomewhat bigger than the common Puffin : length Description. 



nineteen inches. Bill an inch and three quarters in length, 

 the fame in depth at the bale, and crofTed with three furrows : 

 the colours much as in the common Puffin : the forehead, fides of 

 the head, and chin, are white : irides yellowifh brown : over 

 each eye arifes a tuft of feathers four inches or more in length, 

 which falls elegantly on each fide of the neck, reaching almoft to 

 the back ; thefe are white as far as they are attached to the head, 

 but afterwards of a fine buff yellow : the reft of the plumage is 

 black, paleft on the under parts, and inclining to afh-colour: the 

 fhafts of the quills are white : tail very fhort, confiftin-g of fix- 

 teen feathers : legs of a brownifh orange : claws black. 



The female fcarcely differs, except in being lefs * j the bill crofTed 

 only with two furrows, inftead of three; and the tuft fmaller. 



This fpecies is found at Kamtfchatka, and the neighbouring 

 iflands. Our laft voyagers firft met with it a little to the fouth 

 of Cape Hermogenes, and after that daily, fometimes in large 

 flocks f. Pallas % remarks, that the Kamtfchatkan girls imitate 

 the tufts of thefe birds, which nature has fupplied them with, by 

 placing a fimilar ftrip of the white fkin of the Glutton behind 

 each ear, hanging down behind by way of ornament ■, and is a 

 well-received prefent from a lover to his miftrefs. The bills both 



* Some of thefe which we have feen meafured only fourteen inches and a half. 

 f Cook's lajl Voy. vol. ii. p. 41 I. % Spic. Zool. 



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Place and 

 Manners. 



