. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. GAVIiE. 285 there in 1881 by Mr. Snow (Blakiston and Prycr, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 89). I have an example collected by Mr. Snow on the Kurile Islands in June (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 174), and there are two examples in the Pryer collection, also obtained by Mr. Snow in the same locality. It is said to be a comparatively rare bird, not more than half a dozen pairs being met with in a season^s sea-otter hunting. The Parrot-billed Puffin is extremely abundant in Bering Straits and for some distance north, especially on the Siberian coas
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. GAVIiE. 285 there in 1881 by Mr. Snow (Blakiston and Prycr, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 89). I have an example collected by Mr. Snow on the Kurile Islands in June (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 174), and there are two examples in the Pryer collection, also obtained by Mr. Snow in the same locality. It is said to be a comparatively rare bird, not more than half a dozen pairs being met with in a season^s sea-otter hunting. The Parrot-billed Puffin is extremely abundant in Bering Straits and for some distance north, especially on the Siberian coast. It has not been recorded from Japan, nor from the coast of Alaska east of the Aleutian Islands. 279. FRATERCULA CRISTATELLA. (CRESTED PUFFIN.) Alca cnstatella, Pallas, Spicilegia Zoologica, pt. v. p. 18 (1780). The Crested Puffin may be distinguished from its Japanese con- geners by its combination of the two characters—underparts entirely brown, and wing from carpal joint between 5 and 6 inches Head of Fratercula cnstatella. Natural size. Figures: Gray, Genera of Birds, iii. pi. 174. fig, 1 (woodcut of head); Stejneger, Orn, Expl. Comm. Isl. and Kamtschatka, pi. 4. fig. 4 (head in summer), fig. 5 (head in winter). The Crested Puffin has long been known as an inhabitant of the. 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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