BIRDS—ALCIDAE-BRACHYRAMPHUS KITTLITZII. 
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Rather smaller than the preceding, and in adult plumage readily distinguished by its crest of 
long elevated feathers. We have in the present collection young birds only, all of which are 
from Washington Territory. Adult specimens in the National Museum are from Japan. 
In addition to the preceding three species of this genus, of which numerous specimens are 
now before us, three other species are described by Mr. Brandt in his very valuable Monograph 
of the Alcidae, in the Bulletin of the Academy of St. Petersburg, II, p. 345, (1837.) Never 
having seen either of those species, we can only transcribe the descriptions by the distinguished 
author just mentioned. According to Bonaparte, they belong to Apobapton. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No 
Collected 
by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Remarks. 
8095 
Northwest Coast Am . 
J. Gould. 
5987 
$ 
Port Gamble, W. T .. 
Slioalwater bay 
March 16 
Dr. J. G. Cooper_ 
10. 75 
18. 25 
Bill, flesh color ; 
irids, black; feet, 
pale blue_ 
9911 
Nov.25,’54 
..._do_ 
113 
10.50 
18. 25 
10677 
S 
Q 
Simoda, Japan__ _ _ _ 
May, 1854 
Feb. 1854 
Com. Perry, U S.N. 
_do__ 
Wm. Heine 
10696 
Yedo bay, Japan_ 
_do_ 
BRACHYRAMPHUS WRANGELII, Brandt. 
Bracliyramphus wrangelii, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 
Sp. Ch. —“ Rostrum capitis dimidii circiter longitudine. Caput supra, nucha et dorsum e nigricante grisea. Alae et cauda 
nigrae. Reliquae partes, nec non stria longitudinalis supra alam albae. Tarsi digito medio breviores. Longitudino a rostri apice 
ad caudae apicem, 9|". Patria Insulae Aleuticae.” 
Bill about half the length of the head. Head above, neck behind, and back, blackish gray ; wings and tail black ; other parts 
and a stripe on the wing white. Tarsus shorter than the middle toe. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 9§ 
inches. Inhabits the Aleutian Islands. 
BRACHYRAMPHUS BRACHYPTERUS, Brandt. 
Bracliyramphus brachypterus, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 
“ Uria brachyptera, Kittl. MSS.”— Brandt, as above. 
Sp. Ch. —“Supra cinerea, alis caudaque nigricantibus. Collum subtus et in lateribus, pectus et abdomen alba. Rostrum 
capitis dimidii circiter longitudine. Tarsi digito medio longiores. Longitudino a rostri apice ad caudae apicem 9”. Patria 
Unalaschka.” 
Above cinereous ; wings and tail blackish ; neck beneath and on its sides, breast, and abdomen white. Bill about half the 
length of the head ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 9 inches. Inhabits 
Unalaschka. 
BRACHYRAMPHUS KITTLITZII, Brandt. 
Bracliyramphus Mttlitzii, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersburg, II, 1837, 344. 
Sp. Ch. —“ Supra cinerea nigricante et pallide e fusco-flavescente undulata et submaculata. Subtus alba, sub-fuscescente 
tenuissime lavata, nigro et quidem in pectore frequentius undulata. Alae e cinerascente et fusco nigrae. Rostrum brevissimum, 
capitis longitudinus tertiam partem circiter adaequans. Tarsi digito medio breviores. Longitudo a rostri apice ad caudae 
apicem 9". Patria Kamtschatka. ” 
