. North American birds eggs . der plume extending from back of the eye. The bill is very peculiar,being quite deep and rounded and having an upward tendency. It is orangered in color. They breed very commonly on the islands of Bering Strait. Theireggs are laid in the crevices of the cliff, often several feet in and bj a crookedpath so that it is impossible to reach them. The single chalky white egg islaid in May. Size Data.—Rocky Islet in the Aleutians, June22,1890. Single egg laid on bare rock in a deep crevice. Collector, Capt. S. Wilson. 18. Crested Auklet. Shiioiityiichus
. North American birds eggs . der plume extending from back of the eye. The bill is very peculiar,being quite deep and rounded and having an upward tendency. It is orangered in color. They breed very commonly on the islands of Bering Strait. Theireggs are laid in the crevices of the cliff, often several feet in and bj a crookedpath so that it is impossible to reach them. The single chalky white egg islaid in May. Size Data.—Rocky Islet in the Aleutians, June22,1890. Single egg laid on bare rock in a deep crevice. Collector, Capt. S. Wilson. 18. Crested Auklet. Shiioiityiichus Range.—Alaskan Coast. Simi-lar in form and plumage to thelatter, except that the whole underparts are gray and it has a crest ofrecurved feathers. The nestingseason begins in ^lay, the birdsnesting upon the same islands andin the same kinds of sites as thelast species. The single egg ischalky white. Size Data.—Unak Is., Alaska, July 1,1900. Egglaid in a crevice among the ,F. North American Birds Eggs. 15 19. Whiskered Auklet. Siinorhynrlrus pij<jmneus. Range.—The Alaskan Coast. Much smaller than the preceding; but in. in length. Breast gray, bellywhite; a small tuft of recurved feathers on the forehead and slender white plumesfrom base of bill over the eye and from under the eye, backwards. The bill insummer is a bright vermilion color. On some of the islands of the Aleutianchain they breed quite abundantly. The nests are placed back in the crevicesof the rocks, where the single white eggs are laid. Size 1?.00 x 20. Least Auklet. SimorhyiirliUK inisiUiis. Range. — North Pacific on the islands and coastof Alaska. This is the smallest of the Auklets; ^^length in. This species has no crest, liut hasthe slender white plumes extending back from the eye. The entire under parts are white sparselyspotted with dusky. This species ia by far themost abundant of the water birds of the extremeNorthwest, and thousands
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