John James Audubon Leipzig Ed. Tufted Auk Print Lithograph Engraving 1973 Germany Birds of America Collection

The specimen from which I drew the figure of this singular looking bird, was procured at the mouth of the Kennebec river, in Maine. It was shot by a fisherman 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 figures of it will prove not unacceptable. It was a male, and appeared to be adult. My friend, the Prince of MUSIGNANO, mentions this species as being an inhabitant of the seas between North America and Kamtschatka, being, he adds, often found on the western coasts of the United States in winter. 

ALCA CIRRHATA, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. ii. p. 791. 
MORMON CIRRHATUS, Bonap. Syn., p. 429. 
TUFTED MORMON or PUFFIN, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 539. 
TUFTED PUFFIN, Mormon cirrhatus, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iii. p. 364. 

Male, 15, 22 1/2. 

Extremely rare and accidental on the coast of the United States in winter. Common in the Arctic Seas, and on the north-west coast of America.