. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . dplain mentioned in the narrative. It is surprising how consistently they keepto this locality, as they are rare elsewhere on the island. This area is sharedwith albatrosses, rails, and in places with Sterna lunata, and overlaps the wideAestrelata colonies. The burrows are among tall bushy grass as well as in theopen among matted juncus and succulent portulaca. While we were on the island the birds sat in pairs all day near the entranceto their homes, or if the sun grew too warm r
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . dplain mentioned in the narrative. It is surprising how consistently they keepto this locality, as they are rare elsewhere on the island. This area is sharedwith albatrosses, rails, and in places with Sterna lunata, and overlaps the wideAestrelata colonies. The burrows are among tall bushy grass as well as in theopen among matted juncus and succulent portulaca. While we were on the island the birds sat in pairs all day near the entranceto their homes, or if the sun grew too warm retired a short way into the tun-nel, where they kept up an almost constant cooing. Not infrequently one will observe the shearwaters cleaning out old burrowsor in the act of lengthening them. I saw but one tunnel newly started, so thatthe number of yearly visitants seems to keep fairly constant. In digging, thebirds scratch with bill and feet, and with the same implements shove the loosesand and soil under their bodies, when they kick it in little jets far out behind. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 121 PL. 19. Laysan Island. W. K. Fislier.
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