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could inflict a very severe wound. An Eskimo boy in our service, hav- 
ing captured a nearly grown young puffin of tliis specie?, put it, for 
security, and in lieu of a pocket, under his parki, or sole upper garment, 
the result was almost a hari kari. B. 
199, Sagmatorrhina lahradoria Cas. (716.) Labrador Auk. Two 
specimens received from Kadiak through Bischolf. D. 
200, Cerorhina monocerata Cas. (VlV.) Sea Ilornbill. Nine 
specimens received from Sitka, collected by BischolF. D. 
201, Phaleris cristatella Bon. (719.) Crested Auk. Received 
from Kadiak through Bischoff". D. 
202, Phaleris tctracula Staph. (720.) Dusky Auk. Several spe- 
cimens shot at Plover Bay, Eastern Siberia, are due to Capt. Everett 
Smith. It probably frequents both sides of the Straits. D. 
203, Phaleris microceros Brandt. (722.) Horned Auk. Obtained 
from the peninsula of Aliaska, Island of St. George's, and Plover Bay, 
East Siberia, where I collected it. D. 
204:, Phaleris pusilla Cas. (723.) Least Auk. Abundant about 
the peninsula of Aliaska. Specimens from Plover Bay have the bill 
wider and deeper than usual, according to Dr. Coues. D. 
205, Simorhynchtis Cassini Coues, Proc. Phil. Acad., 1867. (722a.) 
Cassin's Auk. While becalmed in the Ounimak Pass this bird flew 
aboard, and was put in the chicken coop, where it was trodden to 
death during the night. It was a male, evidently not adult, with the iris a 
dead white, and the pupil, of course, black. The date was August 3rd, 
1866. D. 
20G, JJria columba Cas. (727.) Western Guillemot. Not uncom- 
mon at Sitka, where Bischofl" obtained twenty specimens, and also 
abundant at Kadiak, where the eggs were obtained. D. 
207. Uria lomvia Brun. (729.) Foolish Guillemot. Obtained by 
Bischofl", sparingly, at Kadiak. D. 
208. Uria californica Bryant. (730a.) Californian Guillemot. 
Obtained with the eggs by Bischofl", at Sitka and Kadiak. 1). 
209. Uria arra Pallas. (731.) Thick-billed Guillemot. Not un- 
common at Kadiak, and abundant at St. George's in August, where it 
breeds on the perpendicular clifl's. D. 
210. Brachyrhaniphus marmoratus, (732.) Marbled Guillemot. 
Obtained at Sitka, by Bischofl", in numbers. D. 
