. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ill .f \ I 16 NB8T8 AND B0Q8 OF most ;. so. Least Auklet, Ad- ult, Malb, Summbr. 20: LEAST AUEIiET. Symorhynchus puaillus (Pall.) Oeog. Dist.—Coasts and Islands of the North Pacific, from Sitka and Japan northward to Bering Strait. Nelson says: "Of all the water fowl of Bering Sea this trim little bird is the Like the Paroquet and Crested Auklets, this species has a great preference for the deep western half of Bering Sea, ex- cept along the Aleutian chain. Mr. Nelson does not th
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ill .f \ I 16 NB8T8 AND B0Q8 OF most ;. so. Least Auklet, Ad- ult, Malb, Summbr. 20: LEAST AUEIiET. Symorhynchus puaillus (Pall.) Oeog. Dist.—Coasts and Islands of the North Pacific, from Sitka and Japan northward to Bering Strait. Nelson says: "Of all the water fowl of Bering Sea this trim little bird is the Like the Paroquet and Crested Auklets, this species has a great preference for the deep western half of Bering Sea, ex- cept along the Aleutian chain. Mr. Nelson does not think they breed north of the strait, except on some of the cliffs on the Siberian shore. By the 1st to the 6th of June they arrive in great numbers on these islands, and begin to lay. It is said to be comically in- different to the proximity of man, and can be ap- proached almost within an arm's length before •taking flight, sitting upright and eyeing one with great wisdom and profound as- tonishment. Dr. Coues says: "This curious little bird, the smallest of all the Auks, and one of the least of all water birds, inhabits the coasts and islands of the North Pacific, resorting to favorite ureeding places by millions, with 8. psittnculus and 8. cristatellus. The nesting is similar, the single egg being laid in the rece&ses of rocky shingle over the water; size ;* The bird is not known to come soutll so far as the Uclted States. 21. ANCIENT MUBBELET. Synthliboramphus antiqiius (Gmel.) Geog. Dist.—Coasts and islands of the North Pacific, from Sitka and Japan northward. Accidental in Wisconsin. The Black-throated Guillemot, or Murrelet, is found in fhe North Pacific Ocean, breeding on the islands and along the coasts from Sitka northward. It breeds in abundance on Near Islands, where a few are resident. On the Commander Islands they also breed. N^sts that have been found of this species were in holes in banks, or in bnn'ows in the ground, similar to thos
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