. . emoved with the hand, Avhen the nestling is usuallyfound clinging by the bill to the wing or tail feathers ofthe parent. MARBLED IVIURRELET Marbled Murrelets, as the name implies, are diminutivemurres. There are several varieties, all making their homeson the Pacific Ocean, usually on the islands. Large num-bers of this species are observed at Sitka, Alaska, and theyinhabit the Aleutian Islands, where they reach their north-ern limit at their breeding grounds in this chain of remoteislands, while the southern range is as far sout
. . emoved with the hand, Avhen the nestling is usuallyfound clinging by the bill to the wing or tail feathers ofthe parent. MARBLED IVIURRELET Marbled Murrelets, as the name implies, are diminutivemurres. There are several varieties, all making their homeson the Pacific Ocean, usually on the islands. Large num-bers of this species are observed at Sitka, Alaska, and theyinhabit the Aleutian Islands, where they reach their north-ern limit at their breeding grounds in this chain of remoteislands, while the southern range is as far southward asVancouver Island and the coast of British Columbia. Theyfly rapidly and swim and dive like a grebe, but seldomalight except in rockj^ places, where it is possible for themto launch into the air and eventually return to the water,for the legs of these birds are set so far back upon the bodyas to make them extremely awkward on land. The eggs are deposited in holes made in the turf or sodoverhanging the brow of a cliff. One and sometimes twoeggs are
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