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C l a n g u l a a l b e o l a . Leach.
Anas albeola. Linn., Syst. N a t. m l. 1. p. 199. sp. 18.— Wils., Ain. Orn.
vol. 8. p. 51. pl. 67. ff. 2, 3.
Fuligula albeola. P r . o f Musignano, Sgn. p. 394. sp. 343.
Spirit Duck, and Buffel-headed Duck. Penn., Arc t. Zool. vol. 2. p . 558, 559.
sp. 487,489.
Sarcelle de la Louisiane, ditte la Religieuse. B u f ., P l. Enl. 948.
This species was found a t San Francisco.
C l a n g u l a h i s t r i o n i c a . Leach.
Anas histriomca. Linn., S yst. Nat. v o l.l. p. 204. sp. S5.— (Vils., Am. Orn.
vol. 8. p. 139. pi. 72. / . 4,
Fuligula histrionica. P r . o f Musignano, Syn. p. 394. sp. 345.
Harlequin Duck. Penn., Arct. Zool. vol. 2. p. 660. sp. 490.
Le Canard à collier de Te rre neuve. B u ff, PI. Enl. 798, 799.
F am. A L C A D Æ .
U r i a b r e v i r o s t r i s . n. s.? Zool. Journ. vol. 4. p. 357.
Uriasepra gdteo.fusca, capile doriogue albo nolath ^ aahta, alba, fmoa nndalotha laaaalala ; reetricibui albii, dnaba,
mediit fusco notalis ; rostro brevi, gracili.
A la suprà et infra, iecfr/ceique inferiores fuscæ. Rostrum nigrum. Pedes flavi, membranis unguibusque brunneis.
Longitudo corporis, 9 ; rostri, ad frontem, J , ad rictum, ; a la, a carpo ad apicem remigis primæ, 5 ^ ; cauda, 1 ;
torsi, J .
1 have been able to make no further observations on this bird since I first referred to it in the
Zoological Jo u rn a l. Its bill presents an interesting modification of form.
M e r g u l u s C I R R H O C E P H A L U S . n . S.
Merg. capite supra, nuchâ, collo anteriori, abdominis lateribus, ptilisgue nigris ; dorso, alis, caudaque plumbeo-griseis ;
colli lateribus, pectore, abdomine, plumis subelongatis decompositis capitis cirrum longitudinalem efformantibus a vertice ad
nucham utrinque extendentem, paucisque nucha laterum, albis.
Rostrum pedesqne albescentes, illius culmine hujusque membrana interdigitali unguibusque nigris. Tectrices alarum
albæ. Longitudo corporis, 10^ ; ala, 4 J ; rostri, ad frontem, ad rictum, ; tarsi, 1 ; cauda, 1^.
I have hitherio met with no description that in any respect refers to the present bird, of whicli
several specimens were brought home by the expedition, all agreeing in character with each other.
Not merely in specific characters do these birds differ from the allied birds of the family, but in those
characters which usually serve as marks of generic distinction. In the shape of the bill they accord
neither with Uria n or with M e rg id u s ; that member being much shorter and more curved than in the
former genus, and much more compressed and more feeble than in the latter. I refer the bird, how ever,
for the present to M e rg u lu s, the preponderance of character perhaps uniting it more closely to
that form than to the Guillemots ; in like manner as, on the other hand, the preceding species appears
to incline more to these latter birds than to M e rg u lu s. Both species form a beautiful serie.s o f connecting
links between the two genera. I speak, however, with great diffidence respecting all these
water-birds. 'I bey alter so materially in the different stages of th eir growth, that it is difficult to
determine their characters accurately, except by constant and lengthened observation on the spot.
M y sugge stions on th e s u b je c t may b e e r ro n e o u s ; b u t th e y will, I ho p e , le a d fu tu r e n av ig a to rs , when
th e y h av e th e o p p o r tu n ity , to p a y th a t a tte n tio n to tlie sp e c ie s , w h ich a lo n e c a n le a d to any d e c is iv e
con c lu sio n s.
F r a t e r c u l a C IR R H A T A .
Alca cirrhata. Pall., Spic. fasc. 5. p .7 . i. i .
Tufted Auk. Penn., Arc t. Zool. vol.2. p . 513. s;?. 432.
Macareux de Kamtschatka. Buff., PI. Enl. 761.
T h is sp e c ie s w a s fou n d in g r e a t a b u n d a n c e a t A v a ts c h a B a y , J u ly , 1826, a n d m o re s p a r in g ly
a fte rw a rd s a t Chamisso I s la n d . O n e sp e c im e n w a s b ro u g h t h om e w ith a c a r in a te d h ill, a p p a r e n tly
a y o u n g b ird .
F r a t e r c u l a g l a c i a l i s .
Mormon glacialis. Leachl—P r . o f Musignano, Syn. p. 429. sp. 379.
I re fe r th is b ird to D r. L e a c h ’s sp e c ie s w ith d o u b t, a s I am n o t aw a re o f th e w o rk in w h ic h h e
p u b lish e d th e c h a ra c te rs o f th e sp e c ie s . A ll o u r b ird s , o f w hich th e re a re n um e ro u s sp e c im en s , a g re e
w ith th e E u ro p e a n P u ffin in th e ir g e n e r a l c h a r a c te r s , b u t u n ifo rm ly v a ry from i t in s iz e . T h e spe c ie s
w a s s e e n in a b u n d a n c e , a c co rd in g to M r. Collie , “ o n th e ro c k y le d g e s o f C h am isso I s la n d , a t C a p e
M u lg ra v e a n d C a p e L is b u rn e , th e y o u n g le a v in g th e ro ck s th e firs t d ay s o f S e p tem b e r.”
P h a l e r i s c r i s t a t e l l a . Temm.
Alca cristatella. Pall., S p ic .fa sc ,5 . p.~\8. i. 3.
Crested Auk. Penn., Arct. Zool. vol. 2. p. 515. sp. 434.
Starique cristatelle. Temm., PI. Col. 200.
T h i s sp e c ie s w a s fo u n d a t S t. L aw r e n c e I s la n d in A v a ts c h a B a y , in J u ly , 1826, w h en c e d e a d
s p e c im e n s we re b ro u g h t off in g r e a t n um b e rs b y tb e n a tiv e s . M r. C o llie h a s m ad e th e fo llow in g
r em a rk s on some sp e c im en s w h ic h h e e x am in e d :
“ T h e p o in t o f th e bill w a s liv id ; th e r e s t o f it, a n d th e b ro a d re fle c ted m a rg in o f th e low e r
m a n d ib le , a s we ll a s th e s em ico rd a te fleshy p o rtio n a t th e a n g le o f th e m o u th , o f a n o c h ry - r e d c o lo u r ,
d iffe ring in in te n s ity in d iffe ren t in d iv id u a ls . B e h in d e a c h ey e w e re a few w h ite s e ta c e o u s fe a th e rs .
T h e o u te r to e h a s five j o i n t s ; th e o th e rs d im in ish in g b y o n e jo in t a s th e y a r e p la c e d in te rn a lly . T h e
fem a le is th e sam e a s th e m a le ; o r i f a n y d iffe renc e c a n be t r a c e d , i t is in th e m o re s la ty co lo u r
u n d e rn e a th , a n d th e lo n g e r c r e s t o f th e former.
“ T h e testes we re o f d iffe re n t siz e s in th e d iffe re n t sp e c im en s . I n o ne th e le f t w a s o v a l a n d seven
lin e s in le n g th , th e r ig h t sm a lle r a n d ro u n d e d . T h e vasa defe rentia w e re v e ry d is tin c t, a r is in g from
th e p o s te rio r a n d low e r p a r t o f tb e testes, a n d b e c om in g v e ry m u c h c o n v o lu ted tow a rd s th e v e n t. In
a ll th e o th e rs which I e x am in e d (th r e e o r fo u r), th e testes w e re m u c h sm a lle r. T h e oi>a w e re a ll sm a ll.
T h e stom a ch w a s simply m u s c u la r a n d t h i n ; w ith v e ry th in in te rn a l m em b ran e . T h e cceca we re s h o r t.
T h e sternum, o r ra th e r th e c a r tila g in o u s te rm in a tio n ,e x te n d e d to th e v e n t; a n d th e an g le o f th e c a r tila
g e s o f th e r ib s to th e ilium ."
C e r o r h i n c a o c c i d e n t a l i s . ? Pr. o f Musignano, Syn. p . 428. sp. 377.
I re f e r to th is s p e c ie s o f th e P r in c e o f M u s ig n a n o with som e d o u b t. T h e b ird s u n d e r c o n s id e r
a tio n , o f w h ic h m a n y sp e c im en s we re b ro u g h t hom e by th e e x p e d itio n , possess th e h o rn y p ro c e s s on
th e r id g e o f th e u p p e r m au d ib le , th a t forms th e d istin g u ish in g c h a ra c te ris tic o f th e g e n u s Cerorhinca,
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