. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . Destruction Island, Washington. W. L, Destruction Island, Washington, W. L. Dawson, RHINOCEROS AUKLET. For description see paqe 235. LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMEEICAN DIVING BIRDS. 105 tunnel driven 10 feet straight into a clay bank; and I followed another throughsand to a depth of 15 feet, only to find It empty. This last, I take it, was thework of a jilted suitor, venting his feelings by showing the coquette what afine house she might have had. Prof. Lynds Jones (1908) also says of their burrows: The birds burrow int
. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . Destruction Island, Washington. W. L, Destruction Island, Washington, W. L. Dawson, RHINOCEROS AUKLET. For description see paqe 235. LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMEEICAN DIVING BIRDS. 105 tunnel driven 10 feet straight into a clay bank; and I followed another throughsand to a depth of 15 feet, only to find It empty. This last, I take it, was thework of a jilted suitor, venting his feelings by showing the coquette what afine house she might have had. Prof. Lynds Jones (1908) also says of their burrows: The birds burrow into the perpendicular banks which face the ocean in manyplaces, or into the turf-covered banks which are only a little less steep. Theburrows may lead almost straight into the bank for a dozen to 15 feet, or morenearly parallel the surface, apparently depending somewhat upon the char-acter of the soil. The few attempts to burrow into coarse gravelly materialwere soon abandoned in favor of the sandy soil. A very few nest burrowswere made within a foot of the surface of the turf and could be uncoveredfrom above.
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