. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. 284 GAVi^. recorded as AIca tor da, must be referred (Temminck and Sclilegel, Fauna Japonica^ Avcs, p. 125). I have an example from Kamtschatka collected by Dybowski; one from the Kurilc Islands collected by Wossnesensky; and a third from Ilakodadi collected by Mr. Ilenson on the 12th of May. There arc two examples in the Swinhoe collection obtained by Captain Blakiston at Ilakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. IGG), and five in the Fryer collection from Yokohama. The Horn-billed Puffin is not known to have occurred as far north as Bering Sea, or
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. 284 GAVi^. recorded as AIca tor da, must be referred (Temminck and Sclilegel, Fauna Japonica^ Avcs, p. 125). I have an example from Kamtschatka collected by Dybowski; one from the Kurilc Islands collected by Wossnesensky; and a third from Ilakodadi collected by Mr. Ilenson on the 12th of May. There arc two examples in the Swinhoe collection obtained by Captain Blakiston at Ilakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. IGG), and five in the Fryer 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 Farallon Islands near San Francisco. 278. FRATERCULA PSITTACULA. (PARROT-BILLED PUFFIN.) Alca psittacula, Pallas, Spicile^a 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. IG; Stcjneger, Orn. Expl, Comm. Isl. and Kamtschatka, pi. 4. fig. G (head).. Head of Fratcrcula psittamlo. Natural size. The Parrot-billed Puffin has long been known to inhabit the Kurile Islands (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 3G6), 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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