. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . hold, and tumbles him about, tillboth frequently fill into the sea, where the aggressor is PUFFIN. 409 drowned, and the Puffin returns in triumph to her nest. Butshould the Raven at the first onset get hold of the Coulter-nebs neck, he generally comes off victorious, killing the motherand feasting on her eggs or young. The fishermen sometimesdraw these birds out of their burrows by introducing the handinto the hole, which is seized by the bird, which suffers itself tobe pulled out rather than l
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . hold, and tumbles him about, tillboth frequently fill into the sea, where the aggressor is PUFFIN. 409 drowned, and the Puffin returns in triumph to her nest. Butshould the Raven at the first onset get hold of the Coulter-nebs neck, he generally comes off victorious, killing the motherand feasting on her eggs or young. The fishermen sometimesdraw these birds out of their burrows by introducing the handinto the hole, which is seized by the bird, which suffers itself tobe pulled out rather than lose its hold. Its bite is, however,very severe, and it can when irritated take out a piece of fleshfrom a mans hand without any extraordinary effort. Whenreared and domesticated, these birds become quite tame, andin the end familiar. The Puffin breeds on the islands at the mouth of the Bay ofFundy, and north to Greenland, and in winter is more or less com-mon, from Nova Scotia to New Jersey. Note. — The Large-billed Puffin {F. arctica glacialis) issaid to breed farther north than true RAZOR-BILLED AUK. TORDA. Char. Upper parts black, with green reflections ; throat deep brown ;a line of white in front of the eyes ; a narrow bar of white on the wings ;under parts white ; bill horn-brown with a bar of white. Length abont17 inches. In winter the throat becomes white, the- bill loses the horny shield atthe tip and the white bar, and a[)pcars smaller and sharper, and the linefrom the eyes is indistinct. Aest. On an ocean cliff, — usually near the summit; the egg is laid onthe bare rock, generally in a crevice or amid loose stones. -^vs- ; ground color shaded from ivory white or pale buff to darkbuff or reddish brown; marked with dark brown and gray ; size variable,average about X The Razor-bill is another of those gregarious marine birdswhich dwell amidst the wildest scenes of Nature, and penetrate RAZOR-BILLED AUK. 4II into the most dreary hyper
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