. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 17. Pakoqubt Auklbt, Fbmalb Adult, Summer. Like a number of other species, the Paroquet Auklet has a strong preference for deep water and the islands situated in it. "It feeds at sea, flying out every morning, returning In the afternoon to its nest and ; The bird is known also by the name of Pug-nosed Auk. It is distributed irregularly throughout the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, being quite common on the Prybilof and Aleutian Islands in the breeding season, which begins abo
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 17. Pakoqubt Auklbt, Fbmalb Adult, Summer. Like a number of other species, the Paroquet Auklet has a strong preference for deep water and the islands situated in it. "It feeds at sea, flying out every morning, returning In the afternoon to its nest and ; The bird is known also by the name of Pug-nosed Auk. It is distributed irregularly throughout the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, being quite common on the Prybilof and Aleutian Islands in the breeding season, which begins about the middle of May. During the cruise of the Corwin in 1881 Mr. Nelson found the Paroquet Auldet breeding in ex- treme abundance on the Islands in Bering Strait, and great bunches of them were brought on board by the Eskimo. Large numbers of eggs were easily secured. For its nesting place this Auk selects a deep crevice in the face of some cliff; the cavity is often winding, and it is sometimes exceedingly difficult to obtain the eggs. Even on islands where hundreds of these birds are found breeding some of the cavities cannot be opened, except by the means of dynamite or blasting powder, which, if used, would destroy the eggs. A single egg is deposited on the bare surface of the cavities; it is generally an oblong-oval shape with rounded ends, chalk-white or bluish in color, and the shell rough. The average size is Eggs taken on the Seal Islanda by Elliott measured from to 18. CRESTED AUKLET. Symorhynchus crtstatcllus (Pall.) Geog. Dist— Coasts and islands of the North Pacific, from Kadiak and Japan northward. The crested or Snub-nosed Auk, like the last, inhabits the coasts and islands of the north Pacific. On the islands of Bering Sea its breeding season extends from May to August. This little bird has a beautiful crest on the forehead of twelve to twenty feathers; it is about two inches long, and curls gracefully forward upon the bill. It
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