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ANCIENT PUFFIN. 



(Fratercula antiqua.) 



Fr. corpore nigricante^ abdomine albo, pennis cervicalibus linea- 



ribus elongatis albis. 

 Puffin with a dusky body, white abdomen, and linear elongate 



white cervical feathers. 

 Alca antiqua. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 554. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 795. 

 Ancient Auk. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 240. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 



326. Lath, Gen. Hist. x. 70. 



Length near eleven inches : beak with its base 

 white, and from the nostrils to the tip black ; the 

 feathers come very forward thereon ; and the eyes, 

 in consequence, appear to be placed far back in the 

 head : this part, as also the sides and throat, are deep 

 black : the upper part of the body and wings are 

 dusky black : the under part of a pure white : on the 

 ears, just behind the eyes, spring several long narrow 

 white feathers, which fall down on each side of the 

 neck and unite at the lower part, forming a kind of 

 crescent ; they are somewhat curled at the base, where 

 they are most numerous : the legs are placed very far 

 back, and are dusky : the tail is short, rounded, and 

 black. 



Inhabits various parts of the Northern Pacific 

 Ocean, from North America to Kamtschatka and the 

 Kurile Islands. 



