. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ^r lr>luish white -■PK, Xantus Murrelet Mandts Guillemot is entirely black except the wing coverts whichare white. The bases of the greater coverts,however, are black, this generally breaking thewhite mirror as it is called. The under sur-faces of the wings are white. Legs red. Thesebirds breed abundantly on the rocky islandsand high cliffs along the coast. Soon afterthe first of June the eggs are laid in the crev-. ices of the rocks and so
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ^r lr>luish white -■PK, Xantus Murrelet Mandts Guillemot is entirely black except the wing coverts whichare white. The bases of the greater coverts,however, are black, this generally breaking thewhite mirror as it is called. The under sur-faces of the wings are white. Legs red. Thesebirds breed abundantly on the rocky islandsand high cliffs along the coast. Soon afterthe first of June the eggs are laid in the crev-. ices of the rocks and sometimes upon the bareledges. Two or three eggs make the set. Theground color is a pale bluish or greenish whiteand the markings are various shades of brownand black. Size x Data.—GrandManan, June 15, 1896. Two eggs laid in acavity back of large boulder. No nest. Collec-tor, D. H. Black Guillemot 28 DIVING BIRDS 28. Mandts Guillemot. Cepphus mandti. Kange.—North Atlantic coast, more north-erly than the preceding, breeding from Labra-dor to northern Greenland. The bird differs from the Black Guillemotonly in having tlie bases of the coverts wliitealso. The nesting habits and eggs are identi-cal. They nest in colonies of thousands andplace the eggs upon the bare rock witli no at-tempt at nest building. Generally the eggsare in the crevices so as to be difficult to getat. Size x Data.—Depot Island, Hud-son Bay, .June 6, 1S94. Two eggs laid on bareroclvy ground. Collector .John Comer. 29. Pigeon Guillemot. Cepphtm columha.
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