. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 282 GAVI^. Figures : Daubenton, Planches Enluminees, no. 761; Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851, pi. 44; Stejneger, Orn. Expl. Comm. Isl. and Kamtschatka, pi. 1; Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. ii. p. 532 (coloured woodcut of head).. Head of Fratercula cirrhata. f natural size. The Tufted Puffin has long been known to inhabit the Kurile Islands (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 364), where it breeds (Blakiston and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 210). Its claim to be regarded as a Japanese bird rests upon examples from Nemoro in north-east Yez
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 282 GAVI^. Figures : Daubenton, Planches Enluminees, no. 761; Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851, pi. 44; Stejneger, Orn. Expl. Comm. Isl. and Kamtschatka, pi. 1; Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. ii. p. 532 (coloured woodcut of head).. Head of Fratercula cirrhata. f natural size. The Tufted Puffin has long been known to inhabit the Kurile Islands (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 364), where it breeds (Blakiston and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 210). Its claim to be regarded as a Japanese bird rests upon examples from Nemoro in north-east Yezzo (Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 88). I have an example collected by Dr. Schrenck in Kamtschatka, and there are four examples in the Pryer collection obtained by Mr. Snow on the Kurile Islands in July. It also breeds on many of the islands in Bering Sea, and on both shores of the North Pacific Ocean, where its range extends a little further north than Bering Straits, and as far south as the Farallon Islands, outside the harbour of San Francisco. An egg collected by Mr. Snow on the Kurile Islands measures 2'8 by 2-0 inches; it resembles eggs of the Common Puffin, but the colour is browner, and it is streaked rather than 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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