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U. S. P. R. R, EXP. AND SURVEYS-ZOOLOGY-GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catal 
No. 
Se.x. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
4489 
Cape Flattery, W. T.. 
9552 
Nov. 28,1857 
10.50 
17.75 
5.38 
9912 
.do .. 
9914 
Fort Steilacoom. 
Mar. —, 1854 
52 
5984 
Mar. 13,1855 
9.75 
17.75 
feet pale flesh color; 
webs bluish. 
9913 
Sept. 12,1854 
93 
8.00 
16.25 
feet pale gray; webs 
i 
black. 
Synthlib oramphus, Brandt. 1 
BRACHYRAMPHUS ANTIQUUS, G m e 1 i n . 
The Ancient Auk; The Grey-headed A«k. 
Jllca antiqua , Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 554. 
Uria antiqua, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 100; pi. 402. 
Uria senicula, Pallas, Zoog. Rcsso-Asiat. II, 1811, 367. 
Mergulus cirrhocephalus, Vigors, Voy. Blossom, Orn. p. 32, (1839.) 
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 9| to 10 inches; wing, 5| inches; tail, 1| inches. 
Ilab. —Northwestern coast of America. 
Another very handsome sea bird inhabiting the North Pacific, hut 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. 
BBACHYRAMPHUS TEMMINCKII, Brandt. 
Brachyramphus temminckii, Brandt, Bull Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 346. 
Uria umizusume, Temm. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 123. 
Figures.—Temm. PI. Col. pi. 579 .—Temm. & Sciileg. 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, 
rounded ; 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 9) inches ; wing, 5j ; tail, 1| inch. 
Hab. —Northwestern coast of America ; northern Asia ; Japan, (Nat. Mus , from Perry’s Expedition.) 
Bill wide laterally, compressed; size larger than the preceding. 
