. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 284 GAvi^. recorded as Alca tarda, must be referred (Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica^ Aves, p. 125). I have an example from Kamtschatka collected by Dybowski; one from the Kurile Islands collected by Wossnesensky; and a third from Hakodadi collected by Mr. Henson on the 12th of May. There are two examples in the Swinhoe collection obtained by Captain. Blakiston at Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 166), and five in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. The Horn-billed Puffin is not known to have occurred as far ^north as Bering Sea, or even on the
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 284 GAvi^. recorded as Alca tarda, must be referred (Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica^ Aves, p. 125). I have an example from Kamtschatka collected by Dybowski; one from the Kurile Islands collected by Wossnesensky; and a third from Hakodadi collected by Mr. Henson on the 12th of May. There are two examples in the Swinhoe collection obtained by Captain. Blakiston at Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 166), and five in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. The Horn-billed Puffin is not known to have occurred as far ^north as Bering Sea, or even on the Aleutian Islands; but it is common on the American shores of the Pacific, breeding on the islands near the coast, as far north as Sitka on the southern coast of Alaska, and as far south as the Parallon Islands near San Francisco. 278. FRATERCULA PSITTACULA. (PARROT-BILLED PUFFIN.) Aka psittacula, Pallas, Spicilegia Zoologica, pt. v. p. 13 (1780). The Parrot-billed Puffin is easily recognized' by the shape of its bill, the line of the gape curves upwards to such an extent that in profile both outlines of the upper mandible appear equally convex. Figures: Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, pi. 16; Stejneger, Orn. Expl. Comm. Isl. and Kamtschatka, pi. 4. fig. 6 (head).. Head of Fratercula psittacula. Natural size. The Parrot-billed Puffin has long been known to inhabit the Kurile Islands (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 366), and was found. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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