. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 498 THE DIVIXO BIRDS — PVGOl'ODES. siiecimen, in tbe British Museum, is ruconletl by Fiofussor Nuwtou in "The Ibis" lor 1805, p. 518 — said to have iiiiiie from Ictlaml ; ami in the "Arctic Manual" (IHTr)), \). 109, lie rciniirka that Ilolbbll says that lie lias seen in (ii-eenhuul an "entirely black e.\ami)le," which is probably the same species. Tlie latest testimony that we have is that of Mr. L. Kumlien, who accompanietl the Howgate Polar E.^cpeililion in 1877-1878
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 498 THE DIVIXO BIRDS — PVGOl'ODES. siiecimen, in tbe British Museum, is ruconletl by Fiofussor Nuwtou in "The Ibis" lor 1805, p. 518 — said to have iiiiiie from Ictlaml ; ami in the "Arctic Manual" (IHTr)), \). 109, lie rciniirka that Ilolbbll says that lie lias seen in (ii-eenhuul an "entirely black e.\ami)le," which is probably the same species. Tlie latest testimony that we have is that of Mr. L. Kumlien, who accompanietl the Howgate Polar E.^cpeililion in 1877-1878, and who saw "three entirely black specimens," whicli were considered to lie U. cnrho. " One was pnicured in Cumberland, but was ; It will tiius be seen tliat we have abundant and incontrovertible evidence of the existence in tbe hij,'her latitudes of the North Atlantic of a uniformly black or dusky Guillemot. Some authors have referred it to C. carlo, but it is evidently distinct from that species, which seems to be strictly confined to tlie Asiatic coast of the North Pacilic. Others have considered it a, melanism of C. grijlle; but tlie Iart,'er si/.e ami very diJferent projiortions preclude the likeliliood of such relation- ship. Upon tlie whole, there can Ix,- littlt; duubt that it is a distinct species, probably most nearly related to 0. carlo, and representin;,' the latter in tiie North Atlantic. At any rate, it should lie kept in miiul by those who have the oppe, Culymbus marmoratus, Gmel.). Apokiplmi, BuAXDT, 1. c. (same tyix,-). Char. Size small (wing than inches). Bill small and slender, much shorter than the head (not hmger than the short tarsus), conii)ress(d, and acute ; culnien gently curved, gonys nearly straight; mandibular tomium notched near tb^- tiji, and greatly inflected toward tbe bai<e ;. D. mannoratiu, summer dress. nasal fossa) small, shallow, mostly filled with feathers, which nearly conceal tbe very small no
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