. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . absence ofboth parents will the collec-tor rob it. The only childreceives all the atten-tion proverbially given toonly children, for the nest isnever left unguarded and the par-ents make a fierce fight if young puffin is an odd- ~^-. looking baby, for it inherits ./?• ^™.™C.^, .- ^ ^ ^^ As a puppy enjoys a bone.^^ ^- r the family bill. Otherwise ^ / it looks like a gray rat crouched at the entrance toits home run. Both adults and young are noisy, con-stantly growling
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . absence ofboth parents will the collec-tor rob it. The only childreceives all the atten-tion proverbially given toonly children, for the nest isnever left unguarded and the par-ents make a fierce fight if young puffin is an odd- ~^-. looking baby, for it inherits ./?• ^™.™C.^, .- ^ ^ ^^ As a puppy enjoys a bone.^^ ^- r the family bill. Otherwise ^ / it looks like a gray rat crouched at the entrance toits home run. Both adults and young are noisy, con-stantly growling from their burrows, and croakingwhen outside ; this with their odd bill, white face-mask, and drooping yellow ear-tufts, makes themeerie creatures of the sea. Their food consists of fish,mollusks, and Crustacea, which they obtain by diving,using both wings and feet to propel themselves underwater. This top-heavy bird is exceedingly awkward onland, and especially so when alighting with a fish in itsbeak, as with a swinging motion it drops its feet verywide apart. In feeding, the parent holds the fish or. BIRDS OF THE OPEN SEA 5 crustacean firmly in its beak, and the young tear bitsfrom it with snarling whines, somewhat as a puppyenjoys a bone. The young bird dives or is shoved off from the rocks tothe water, both parents assisting at the rather startlingdebut and, apparently, breaking the force of the fallby flying under the little one. One would expect a birdso uncouth and helpless in walking to be particularlygraceful on the water, but this is not the case with thepuffins, for they swim in such a horizontal position asto seem even more ungraceful than on land. 15. RHINOCEROS AUKLET. — Cerorhinca : The Auks, Murres, and Puffins. Length: Adults: Upper parts uniform grayish black ; sides of head, neck, upperneck, and sides dull gray; lower breast and belly white, washed withgray ; a row of narrow, pointed white feathers along each side ofocciput ;
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