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dages of the bill so conspicuous in the latter. Its bill tip is darker colored, and altogether our 
specimen agrees quite well with the description and figure of Pallas, cited above. 
PHALERIS CAMTSCHATICUS, ( L e p e c h i n , ) C a s s i n . 
Jllca camtschalica, Lepechin, Nov. Act. Acad. St. Petersburg, XII, 1801, 369. 
Uria mystacea, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso- Asiat. II, 1811, 372. 
Mormon superciliosa, Licht. Verz. 1823, 89. 
Phaleris superciliosa, Bon. List, 1838. 
Phaleris cristatellus, Temm. PL Col. V, pi. 200. 
Figures.— Nov. Act. Acad. St. Petersburg, XII, pi. 8.— Temm. PI. Col. 200.— Vieill. Gal. II, pi. 297 Pallas, Zoog. 
Rosso-Asiat. II, pi. 89. 
Sp. Ch. — Smaller than either of the preceding. Bill short, nearly simple ; commissure slightly curved; culmen ridged ; a 
crest of very slender feathers in front, curved forwards ; angle of upper mandible very distinct ; wing moderate, pointed ; tail 
short. Numerous white slender feathers at the base of the upper mandible and in a line from the corners of the mouth on the 
neck ; long and pendent on the latter. Entire upper parts dark brown ; under parts light cinereous ; paler and nearly white 
on the abdomen. Bill orange red ; feet greenish brown ; crest black ; a few of the longer posterior feathers white. 
Total length about 7| inches ; wing, 4| inches ; tail, 1| inches. 
Hab.— Northwestern coast of America, (Mr. John Gould ;) Kamtschatka, (Lepechin ;) Unalashka, (Pallas.) 
Of this species we have only seen a single head in the National Museum, to which it was 
presented by the eminent naturalist Mr. Jobn Gould, of London. Fortunately the skin and 
plumage are carefully preserved, showing, of course, the form and colors, which are precisely 
as given in Temminck's plate, as above cited, except that a few of the posterior feathers of the 
crest are white, as represented in Lepccbin's plate, also cited above. It appears to be one of 
the handsomest of these birds, and is most assuredly distinct from any other species. 
The feathers of the crest in this species are more slender than in any other. The present 
specimen is labelled as from the Northwest Coast of America. 
Catal. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
Nature of 
No. 
specimen. 
8098 
Head 
Ciceronia, 1 Keichenbach. 
PHALEEIS MICROCEROS, Brandt. 
The Little Auk. 
Phaleris microceros, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, I, 1837, 346. 
Phaleris nodiroslra, BoNAp.Comp. List, 1838, 06.— Aim. Orn. Biog. V, 101, pi. 402. 
? Mca pygmaea, Gm. Syst. Nat. II, 1788, 554. 
Figures. — Acd. B. of Am. pi. 402. — Ib. oct. ed. pi. 468. 
Sp. Ch. — Smaller than the preceding, not crested ; bill short, compressed, with a small elevated appendage or caruncle at 
base of upper mandible ; commissure nearly straight ; upper mandible curved and notched at the tip ; wing moderate ; tail 
short. Bill orange red, with its base and elevated caruncle dark bluish ; numerous white hair-like feathers on the forehead, and 
others below the eye. Entire upper parts brownish black, darker on the back ; cheeks and chin ashy brown ; under parts white, 
witli numerous large spots of dark brown, especially on the breast ; throat pure white ; under wing coverts white ; feet greenish 
brown. 
Total length about 6] inches ; wing, 4 ; tail, 1± inches. 
Hab.— Northwestern coast of America, (Mr. John Gould';) Behring's Straits ; Kamtschatka, (Mus. Acad. Philada.) 
l The smallest of sea birds. General character of the preceding, but with the head not crested. 
