. The water birds of North America . Eschsch. Zool. Atl. IV. 1831, 4, pi. 16 (= summer adult).Phalcris microceros, Brandt, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. II. 1837, 346 (= summer adult).—Cass, in Bauds B. N. Am. 1S58, 90S. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. microceros, Coues, Pr. Philad. Acad. 1868, 46, fig. 11. Phalcris pygnwa, Brandt, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. II. 1837, 347 (not Alca pygmcca, Gmel. 1788).Phalcris nodirostra, Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 66 (= summer adult). — Aud. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 101, pi. 402 ; B. Am. VII. 1844, pi. 468. Hab. Coasts and islands of the North Pacific, sout
. The water birds of North America . Eschsch. Zool. Atl. IV. 1831, 4, pi. 16 (= summer adult).Phalcris microceros, Brandt, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. II. 1837, 346 (= summer adult).—Cass, in Bauds B. N. Am. 1S58, 90S. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. microceros, Coues, Pr. Philad. Acad. 1868, 46, fig. 11. Phalcris pygnwa, Brandt, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. II. 1837, 347 (not Alca pygmcca, Gmel. 1788).Phalcris nodirostra, Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 66 (= summer adult). — Aud. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 101, pi. 402 ; B. Am. VII. 1844, pi. 468. Hab. Coasts and islands of the North Pacific, south to Japan and Sitka, north to the PrybilofGroup. Sp. Char. Adult, breeding-plumage : Bill very short, the depth and width through the baseabout equal to the length of the culmen, which is decidedly arched ; gonys slightly convex ; topof the cere furnished with a small semicircular compressed tubercle. Upper parts almost whollydeep slate-black, inclining to glossy black in some specimens ; inner scapulars usually white, fonn-.
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