Order  VIII.  ANSERES. 
Family  III.  Alcid.e. 
The  fourth  Subfamily, 
URINiE,  or  Guillemots, 
have  the  Bill  moderate,  more  or  less  slender  and  strong,  with  the  culmen  curved,  and  the  sides  com- 
pressed to  the  tip,  which  is  emarginated ;  the  Nostrils  basal,  and  placed  in  a  broad  groove,  more  or  less 
clothed  with  plumes,  with  the  opening  exposed :  the  Wings  rather  short,  and  pointed :  the  Tail  short  and 
rounded :  the  Tarsi  short,  more  or  less  compressed :  the  Toes  moderate,  and  the  anterior  ones  united  by 
a  broad  web ;  the  outer  toe  as  long  as  the  middle  toe,  the  hind  toe  wanting :  the  Claws  short  and 
curved. 
Brachyrhamphus  Brandt.* 
Bill  rather  short,  straight,  and  strong,  with  the  culmen  elevated  at  the  base,  arched,  and  the  sides 
much  compressed  to  the  tip,  which  is  emarginated  ;  the  gonys  long  and  ascending ;  the  lateral  margins 
indexed ;  the  nostrils  lateral,  pierced  in  a  groove,  which  is  clothed  with  short  plumes,  leaving  the 
opening  anteriorly  and  exposed.  Wings  moderate  and  pointed,  with  the  first  quill  the  longest.  Tail 
very  short  and  rounded.  Tarsi  shorter  than  the  middle  toe,  compressed,  and  covered  with  small  scales. 
Toes  moderate,  with  the  outer  toe  as  long  as  the  middle  one,  and  all  united  by  a  broad  web ;  the  chaws 
short,  compressed,  and  acute. 
It  is  between  the  north-western  coast  of  America  and  the  opposite  coast  of  Asia  that  the  species  which  compose 
this  genus  are  found.    Their  habits  and  manners  are  like  those  of  the  next  genus. 
1.  B.  marmoratus  (Lath.)  Brandt,  Lath.  Gen.  Syn.  vi.  pi.  96. 
(juv.),  Arct.  Zool.  pi.  22. —  Cepphus  perdix  Pall.  Zoogr.  t.  80.  ; 
Uria  Townsendii  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  430.  ;  U.  brevirostris 
Vigors,  Zool.  Journ.  iv.  p.  357-  ;  Type  of  Anobapton  Brandt 
(1837). 
2.  B.  Wrangelii  Brandt,  Bull.  Acad.  Sci.  Imp.  St.  Petersb.  ii. 
p.  346. 
3.  B.  brachypterus  (Kittl.)  Brandt,  Bull.  Acad.  Sci.  Imp. 
St.  Petersb.  ii.  p.  346. 
4.  B.  Kittlitzii  Brandt,  Bull.  Acad.  Sci.  Imp.  St.  Petersb. 
ii.  p.  346. 
5.  B.  antiquus  (Gmel.)  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  402.  f.  . — 
Uria  senicula  Pall.  Zoogr.  t.  85.  ;  Type  of  Synthliborhamphus 
Brandt  (1837). 
6.  B.  Temminckii  Brandt.  —  Uria  Wurmizusume  Temm.  PI. 
col.  579- 
Uria  Mce/ir.f 
Bill  moderate,  straight,  and  strong,  with  the  culmen  slightly  curved,  and  the  sides  compressed  to  the 
tip,  which  is  emarginated ;  the  gonys  long  and  ascending ;  the  nostrils  lateral,  placed  in  a  groove,  which 
*  Established  by  M.Brandt  in  1837  (Bull.  Acad.  Sci.  Imp.  St.  Petersb.).  Anobapton  and  Synthliborhamphus  of  the  same  author  are 
subgeneric  names  of  the  same  genus. 
t  Established  by  Moehring  in  1752.  Grylle  of  M.  Brandt  (1837)  is  synonymous.  It  embraces  Cataractes  of  Mcehring  (1752),  with 
which  Uria  of  Brisson  (I76O)  and  Lomvia  of  Brandt  (1837)  are  coequal. 
