Pols: Ac TB. VIM. 
AE CoA -AOR CYT PCA, 
é Purrin AUK. 
ANSERES. 
Bill obtufe; covered with a thin membrane, broad, gibbous below 
the bafe. Swelled at the apex. “Tongue flefhy. Legs naked. Feet 
webbed, or finned. rn 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill ftrong, thick, convex, compreffed on the fides. Noftrils 
linear, placed parallel to the edge of the bill. “Tongue almoft as long: 
as the bill. “oes three i in sins all placed forward. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
| Bill comprefled, triangular, fharp- pointed, red, bafe grey, furrows 
four, oblique. Noftrils long and narrow. Eyelids callous; edges 
—crimfon; on the upper eyelid i is a protuberance of a triangular form 
which projets over the eye. Irides Srey. . Above black. Cheeks, 
chin, belly, white. “Collar black. Legs orange and near he tail. 
ALCA Ancrica, Linn, Syft. 1. p. 21 Ae 
2 | Faun. Suec. N° 14%. 
Brun. Ne TOs 
Muller. N° 140. 
Frifeb, peice. 
Latham. Gen. Syn. 5. 314. 3s 
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Pupninus Ancuicus. Gener av. 725. 
~Pica Marina. Aldr. av. Il. 92. 
Anas Arctica, Glufi Exot. 104, 
cue PUFFIN, 
