. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . antly upon the ground where several thousand pairs were laying, Iwas unable successfully to overturn the rocks under which they hide, and getmore than four perfect eggs, the sum total of many hundred attempts. This species is intimately associated on its breeding grounds withthe paroquet auklet; it is found everywhere that the latter species isfound and its nesting habits are exactly the same. The entrance toKiska Harbor, in the Aleutian Islands, is protected by a high prom-ontory; at the base of its steep sloping sides great
. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . antly upon the ground where several thousand pairs were laying, Iwas unable successfully to overturn the rocks under which they hide, and getmore than four perfect eggs, the sum total of many hundred attempts. This species is intimately associated on its breeding grounds withthe paroquet auklet; it is found everywhere that the latter species isfound and its nesting habits are exactly the same. The entrance toKiska Harbor, in the Aleutian Islands, is protected by a high prom-ontory; at the base of its steep sloping sides great masses of large,loose rocks and bowlders line the shores, forming a rough beach andoffering attractive nesting sites for crested and least auklets, pigeonguillemots, Pacific eiders, and perhaps harlequin ducks, all of whichwe found abundant and apparently breeding here. We saw crestedauklets flying out from these rocks and found their feathers and drop-pings in remote crevices under the rocks, but their eggs were too well U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 107 PL. 26. Walrus Island. Alaska, Crested Auklet. For description see page 236. A. C. Bent.
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