. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . ., p. 428. Western cerorhyncha, Kutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 538. Horned-billed Guillemot, Ceraiorhyncha occidentalis, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 104. Adult, 151, wing, 6j§. North-west coast of America. Bill shorter than the head, stout, straightish, broad at the base, the mouthmeasuring seven-eighths of an inch across, compressed toward the end;upper mandible with an oblong compressed knob on the ridge between thenostrils, beyond which the dorsal line is declinate and decurved toward theend, the sides sloping
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . ., p. 428. Western cerorhyncha, Kutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 538. Horned-billed Guillemot, Ceraiorhyncha occidentalis, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 104. Adult, 151, wing, 6j§. North-west coast of America. Bill shorter than the head, stout, straightish, broad at the base, the mouthmeasuring seven-eighths of an inch across, compressed toward the end;upper mandible with an oblong compressed knob on the ridge between thenostrils, beyond which the dorsal line is declinate and decurved toward theend, the sides sloping, the edges sharp, the tip narrow, obtuse, with adistinct notch immediately behind it; the gap-line slightly arched; lowermandible with the angle long and rather wide, the dorsal outline ascendingand straight, the sides sloping outwards and flattened, the edges thin anddirect, the tip acute. Nostrils linear, near the margin, pervious.\ Body full and compact; neck short and thick; head large, short, stout, placed far behind; tibia bare for a short space; tarsus very.
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