PUFFIN. 
^ 3 ’ 
l^T-relFs Brit. B iv p. 691 (,884); Seebohm, Hist. Brit. 
HSSM ^ Man. Brit. B. p. 691 
(1889), Lilford, Col. l-ig. Brit. B. part x. (1889). 
{Plate CX.) 
Adult Male iu Summer Plumage.-Gencral colour above black 
ncluding the wings and tail ; the quills ashy-brown on their 
Selti ir" b.^ck,witr^a tirw ^faS 
throat pale erev a’lltHe n cheeks, chin, and upper 
mandible and on the chin forming a^kind^nf^H*^h°^ 
band; under surface of body, from the lower 11"^™“ 
pure white separated from the grey of the face and chTrby a 
sM°ef of B t of the throat, joining the 
Tnd nnd either side ; under surface ^f the quillj 
“the hiI?V '’^>^°dy blackish ; thighs ashy-browj® 
foUowed Lr. ' mandibles ^carX; 
slate-grev L^wedT yellow, and the basal half 
the upSr mnnZt ^ at the base of 
legs ’ '“•'d ared one at the base of the lower: 
skin above andTe1o4 'tT ^ carmine ; bare horny 
gape yellow” at the 
-8; inches; culmen, 
S' 3 , tail, I 75 ; tarsus, 0-95. 
smaller bill Tota^'l'A'^^Ii,*^*^ male ; but with a somewhat 
lail, .-65 ; ''Si .ing.S'o,- 
all the speciSs kill'd is present in 
collsction is concerned evl u ’ "°/nr as the British Museum 
full size. Whether this is a si^p^nf ‘ devcloiied to its 
also a mark of winter plumage in whether it is 
say for certain. By the sheddincr nf n ^ddts, I am unable to 
of the bill, the latter is very much smahe®’’"'^"’^'"**'*' 
summer. ^ ““ smaller m winter than in 
Nestliug.-Covered with sooty-black down with a larse natch 
of creamy-white on the belly. ’ ^ paten 
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