Tufted Puffin
Mormon cirrhatus, Latham [now Fratercula cirrhata]
Octavo edition, plate 462
“The specimen from which I drew the ï¬ÂÂÂÂgure of this singular looking bird, was procured at the mouth of the Kennebeck River, in Maine. It was shot by a ï¬ÂÂÂÂsherman gunner, while standing on some floating ice, in the winter of 1831-32. No other individual was seen. I could not obtain any information respecting its habits; but as the bird was in tolerable order, I hope that my ï¬ÂÂÂÂgures of it will prove not unacceptable.â€ÂÂÂÂ
John James Audubon, Birds of America (New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1840-1844), vol. 7, p. 234.
View bird in National Audubon Society Guide to North American Birds.
