. Alaskan bird-life as depicted by many writers. Birds. ledges, but elsewhere close to the water at the base of a cliff. Even so the eggs of most species (especially of those, such as the paro- quet auklet, that scatter in lonely pairs, not associating in colonies) are difficult to obtain, because secreted far under the tumbled rocks, out of reach of foxes, crows, and other RED-FACED CORMORANTS ON WALRUS ISLAND IN BERING SEA From a Photograph by A. C. Bent Among gulls, the pomarines, and the parasitic jaegers are numer- ous in summer; and both of the kittiwakes, the burgomaster, and
. Alaskan bird-life as depicted by many writers. Birds. ledges, but elsewhere close to the water at the base of a cliff. Even so the eggs of most species (especially of those, such as the paro- quet auklet, that scatter in lonely pairs, not associating in colonies) are difficult to obtain, because secreted far under the tumbled rocks, out of reach of foxes, crows, and other RED-FACED CORMORANTS ON WALRUS ISLAND IN BERING SEA From a Photograph by A. C. Bent Among gulls, the pomarines, and the parasitic jaegers are numer- ous in summer; and both of the kittiwakes, the burgomaster, and the short-billed gull, are present all along the chain, breeding in thou- sands on certain islands. Turner notes that the short-billed gull is very fond of sea-urchins, for which it hunts at low tide; having found one it carries it some distance into the air, then drops it on the rocks to break it, so that it can get at the soft interior parts. Both the arctic and the Aleutian terns occur in the western part of the islands, but neither is plentiful. Those oceanic wanderers the albatrosses, fulmars, and fork-tailed petrels are rarely seen, but various cormorants breed on all the principal islands. "The nest," says Turner, "is usually placed on a ledge of some bold-faced rock, and in most instances about forty feet above the ; The eggs are laid early in June, and are pale blue in color. Some of the crags are fairly covered with these birds, and they look like black bottles standing in rows. They are caught or otherwise killed in vast numbers by the Aleuts, for the sake of both 46. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946; National Audubon Society. New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
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