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SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS.— PYGOPOBES. 
basal collar, the nasal saddle and pair of subnasal strips j the mandibular shoe and basal strip ; 
three large symmetrical pieces and two pairs of small lateral pieces, in all seven. (Thus as in 
F. arctica, lacking only the pair of prenasal strips ; thus exactly as supposed to be the case in 
F. corniculata. The loss of the pieces of the upper mandible makes the same difference in the 
bill as occurs in F. arctica ; but the moult of the mandibular shoe effects less change in the 
appearance of the bill). 
856. 1". cirra'ta. (Lat. cirrata, having curly locks. Figs. 534, 535.) Tufted Puffin. Adult 
in summer : Crests about 4 inches long, straw-yellow, some of the posterior feathers black at 
base; these bundles of silky, glossy 
feathers with very delicate shafts and 
loosened webs ; they chiefly sprout 
from what corresponds to the furrow 
in the plumage of F. arctica. Face 
white, broadly of this color on sides 
of liead to beyond eyes (as far as the 
crests), narrowly across forehead and 
chin, the bill being thus entirely sur- 
rounded by white. Crown between 
the crests, and entire upper parts, 
excepting the extreme forehead and 
a line along the forearm, glossy blue- 
y black. Entire under parts, excepting 
Fig. 535.-BiUof2/oMnp Tufted Puffin, nat. size. extreme chin, and including sides of 
hind head and sides of neck, sooty brownish-black, more grayish on the belly, the lining of 
wings smoky-gray, the under tail-coverts quite black. Wings and tail black, their inner 
webs brownish-black, the shaft of the first primary whitish underneath near base. Bill, feet, 
and eye-ring vermilion-red ; the basal parts of the bill when about to desquamate showing 
more yellowish or enamel color, or even showing the livid color of the subjacent membrane. 
Rosette of mouth yellow. Claws black. Eyes ^'brownish-yellow." Length 15.00-16.00; 
Fig. 536. — Horn-billed Auk, adult in summer, nat. size. (From Elliot.) 
extent 27-00; wing 7-75 ; tail 2.75 ; tarsus 1.30 ; middle toe 2.00, its claw 0.50; outer do. 1.80, 
its claw 0.40 ; inner do. 1.25, its claw 0.50 ; greatest depth of bill 1.90 ; greatest width 0.90 ; 
chord of culmen 2.40, of which the terminal part is 1.40; gape about 1.90; gonys 1.60; greatest 
depth of upper mandible 1.15 ; nostrils 0.25. Adult in winter : Plumage as in summer ; crests 
retained ; iris ' ' pale blue." Basal part of bill dark-colored, without the above-named deciduous 
