. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . The nest of the Dabchick, like that of other Grebes,consists of a matted mass of broken-down reeds or otheraquatic plants, usually sodden and water-soaked, by theedge of the pond, or almost floating on its surface. Theeggs are five or six in number, nearly equal-ended,measuring about , with a smooth shell of awhitish color, sometimes as if stained greenish, but notspotted. 394 ALCIDiE : AUKS. Family ALCID^ : Auks. COMMON PUFFIN: SEA PARROT. Fratercula arctica (Z.) Steph. Chars. Not crested ; eyelids appendaged ; und
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . The nest of the Dabchick, like that of other Grebes,consists of a matted mass of broken-down reeds or otheraquatic plants, usually sodden and water-soaked, by theedge of the pond, or almost floating on its surface. Theeggs are five or six in number, nearly equal-ended,measuring about , with a smooth shell of awhitish color, sometimes as if stained greenish, but notspotted. 394 ALCIDiE : AUKS. Family ALCID^ : Auks. COMMON PUFFIN: SEA PARROT. Fratercula arctica (Z.) Steph. Chars. Not crested ; eyelids appendaged ; under mandible sulcata,like the upper, the grooves convex forward; culmen simple, withone curve; base of bill bossed; corners of mouth , including the throat, the sides of the head ashy-gray,with dusky maxillary patches (whole face dusky in the young) ;below, white ; bill red, blue and yellow ; feet red. A thick bluntexcrescence on eyelids. Black of throat not reaching the , ; wing, ; tarsus, ; bill, ; depth atbase, Fig. 83. — Head of Common Puffin. Nat. size. The distribution and manner of occurrence of thisspecies are nearly coincident with those of the Razor-billed Auk. It is found in winter along the wholecoast, and is resident on north-eastern portions, though FRATERCULA CIRRATA : TUFTED PUFFIN. 395 much less numerous than at those favored spots, farthernorth, where it congregates by thousands to breed,depositing its single egg in burrows underground, oramong rocks. The egg is white or whitish, whole-colored or with obsolete spotting, measuring TUFTED PUFFIN. FrATERCULA CIRRATA Pal/. Chars. Adult : with a long flowing yellow crest of filamentousfeathers on each side of the head. Eyelids not mandible smooth, upper sulcate, the grooves concaveforward; basal part of culmen bossed; bill and feet red ; clawsblack; plumage wholly blackish, with white face. Length, ; wing, ;
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