. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . *GMiK& / ( • t t iffy t \ St. VA 263 BLACK-THROATED GUILLEMOT. -j Uria antiqua, Gmel. PLATE CCCCLXX.—Adult and Young. This species, which is said to occur on the north-west coast of America,has not been met with by me. The figures in the plate were taken fromspecimens in the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, by permis-sion of the Council. Alca ANTiauA, Gmel. Syst. Nat, vol. i. p. 551. Black-throated Guillemot, Uria antigua, And. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 100. Adult, 10l, wings, 5TV North-west coast
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . *GMiK& / ( • t t iffy t \ St. VA 263 BLACK-THROATED GUILLEMOT. -j Uria antiqua, Gmel. PLATE CCCCLXX.—Adult and Young. This species, which is said to occur on the north-west coast of America,has not been met with by me. The figures in the plate were taken fromspecimens in the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, by permis-sion of the Council. Alca ANTiauA, Gmel. Syst. Nat, vol. i. p. 551. Black-throated Guillemot, Uria antigua, And. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 100. Adult, 10l, wings, 5TV North-west coast of America. Abundant. Adult. Bill shorter than the head, stout, straightish, compressed toward the end;upper mandible with the dorsal line declinate and convex, the sides sloping,the edges sharp and overlapping, the tip rather obtuse; lower mandible withthe angle long and rather wide, the dorsal outline ascending, straight, thesides sloping outwards and flattened, the edges thin and direct, the tip acute,with a slight sinus behind. Body full and compact; neck short and thick; head rather large, short
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