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ARCTIC PUFFIN. 



Macareux niuiiie. (Mormon fratercula.) Teynm. man.d'Orn, 614. 



Id. 2 Edit. ii. 934. 

 Labrador Auk. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 5. 3\8. Penn. Arct. ZooL 2. 



428. Lath. Gen, Hist. x. 62. 

 Puffin. Albin's Birds, 2. pi. 78, 79. Edw. Glean, pi. 358./. 1 • 



Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 232. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 427. Lath. 

 " Gen. Syn. 5. 314. Lew. Brit. Birds, 6, fl 225. Don. Brit. 



Birds, ].pL 8. Wale. Syn. 1. 87. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. 



and Siipp. Betv. Brit. Birds, 2. 168. Lath. Gen. Hist, x. 58. 

 Alca deleata. Brun. Orn. Boreal, no. 104. 



Length about one foot : the base of the beak 

 bluish-ash, its middle yellow, and its point bright 

 red ; the upper mandible is marked with three fur- 

 rows, the under with two : its irides are whitish : the 

 margins of the eyes red : the top of the head, all the 

 upper parts of the body, and a collar surrounding the 

 neck, are deep shining black : the quills are dusky- 

 brown : the cheeks, a broad band above the eyes, and 

 the throat, are very bright grey : the breast, the belly, 

 and the rest of the under parts are pure white : the 

 legs are orange-red. The young have the beak much 

 less than the old, smooth at its sides, and without 

 furrows ; it is of a yellowish-brown colour : the space 

 between the eye and the beak is of a dusky-ash colour : 

 the cheeks and the throat are of a deeper ash than in 

 the old : the collar on the neck is shaded with dusky- 

 ash in front ; and the legs are dull red. 



These singular birds inhabit the polar regions of 

 Europe, Asia, and America, retiring southward to 

 breed : they are found in the greatest profusion on 

 several of the coasts of England, especially those of 

 Priestholm Island, near Anglesea : also about the 

 Needles, in the Isle of Wight, and at Beechy Head : 



