916 U. S. P. E. E. EXP. AND SUEVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENEEAL EEPOET. 
List of specimens. 
Catal 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col- 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
ofwings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
4489 
9553 
9913 
9914 
9913 
Cape Flattery, W. T 
Iris hazel; bill black; 
feet pale flesh color ; 
webs bluish. 
Iris grayish ; bill black ; 
feet pale gray; webs 
black. 
Nov. 28,1857 
A. Campbell 
Dr. Kennedy . . 
10.50 
17.75 
Fort Steilacoom 
Mar. — , 1854 
Mar. 13, 1855 
Sept. 12, 1854 
52 
3 
do 
do 
9.75 
8.00 
17.75 
1G.25 
Syiithliboramphus, Brandt. 1 
BBACHYBAMPHUS ANTIQUUS, Gin el in. 
The Ancient Auk; The Grey-headed A«k. 
Jlka antiqna, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 554. 
Uria antiqua, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 100; pi. 402. 
Uria scnicula, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso- Asiat. II, 181], 367. 
Mergulus cirrhocephalus, Vigors, Voy. Blossom, Orn. p. 32, (1£39.) 
Figures.— Aud. B. of Am. pi. 402, fig. 12; oct. ed. VII, pi. 470.— Temm. & Schleg. Faun Jap. Aves, pi. 80. 
Sp. Ch. — Small; bill wider and more flattened laterally than in the preceding, notched and curved towards the point. Wing 
moderate; tail very short; legs and feet moderate. Throat and head above black. A longitudinal stripe of narrow white 
feathers on each side above and behind the eye; another wide stripe of white on the neck below the eye, uniting with the 
white of the under parts of the body; back and rump light ashy. Under parts white, with a transverse wide stripe of 
brownish black on the sides below the closed wings. Under wing coverts white; quills and tail brownish black. Numerous 
lines of white on the neck behind and on the shoulders; bill yellow, with the culmen dark brown; feet yellow. Younger, with 
the upper parts obscurely tinged and striped with dull reddish, and the under parts with dark brown. 
Total length, about 9i to 10 inches; wing, 5i inches; tail, lg inches. 
IJab. — Northwestern coast of America. 
Another very handsome sea bird inhabiting the North Pacific, but apparently not so abund- 
ant as the preceding. It is easily distinguished by its larger size and the white stripes on each 
side of the head. 
BBACHYEAMPHUS TEMMINCKII, Brandt. 
Erachyramplms temminchii, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 346. 
Uria umizusume, Temm. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 123. 
Figures.— Temm. PI. Col. pi. 579.— Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Jap. Aves, pi. 79. 
Sp. Ch. — Small ; bill rather lengthened and slender, a crest of long erectile feathers in front ; wings rather short ; tail short , 
r ounded ; legs and feet short and rather weak. Crest feathers black ; longitudinal stripes on the top of the head, throat, back 
of the neck, and longitudinal wide stripe on the sides throughout the length of the body, brownish black. Back, wing coverts, 
and rump light cinereous ; quills and tail brownish black. Wide stripes over each eye, uniting on the occiput, white. Entire 
under parts white ; under wing coverts white ; bill and feet light colored ; culmen dark brown. Female and winter plumage ? — 
No crest ; head above brownish black ; throat ashy brown ; stripe on the sides ashy, frequently with circular spots of white. 
Total length about 9j inches ; wing, 5| ; tail, H inch. 
Hub. — Northwestern coast of America ; northern Asia ; Japan, (Nat. Mus , from Perry's Expedition.) 
Bill wide laterally, compressed; size larger than the preceding. 
