. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . eggers have prac-tically exterminated them. Mr. Lucien M. Turner found this species breeding abundantly onthe Atlantic coast of Labrador in 1882, notably on the outlyingislands of Hamilton Inlet, Davis Inlet, Cape Mugford, and CapeChidley. He says in his unpublished notes: Wherever these murres are found during the summer months there theybreed. They select the high cliffs on which suitable ledges project. No attemptis made to construct a nest for in all the instances which have come under myobservation the egg, sometimes two,
. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . eggers have prac-tically exterminated them. Mr. Lucien M. Turner found this species breeding abundantly onthe Atlantic coast of Labrador in 1882, notably on the outlyingislands of Hamilton Inlet, Davis Inlet, Cape Mugford, and CapeChidley. He says in his unpublished notes: Wherever these murres are found during the summer months there theybreed. They select the high cliffs on which suitable ledges project. No attemptis made to construct a nest for in all the instances which have come under myobservation the egg, sometimes two, are deposited on the bare rock. If thevicinity is one afEording an abundance of food, many thousands of these birdsresort to a single clifE to breed and often the eggs are so close together that onecan scarcely step without touching two or more eggs. Since that time great changes have taken place, for in 1912 Icruised the whole length of this coast, as far north as Cape Mugford,and saw only one solitary Briinnichs murre. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 107 PL. 38. Bird Rook, Quebec. H. K. Job.
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