. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS 27 above a big colony where we could watch the ordinary run of life and not disturb the birds in any wav. When a Alurre arrived from the fishing grounds, he alighted on the outer edge of the shelf. Then, like a man in a Fourth of July crowd, he looked for an opening in the dense front ranks. Seeing none, he boldly squeezed in, pushing and sho\ing to right and left. The neighbors resented such behavior and squawked and pecked at the new arrival. But he pressed on amid much opposition and com- plaint until he reached his mate
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS 27 above a big colony where we could watch the ordinary run of life and not disturb the birds in any wav. When a Alurre arrived from the fishing grounds, he alighted on the outer edge of the shelf. Then, like a man in a Fourth of July crowd, he looked for an opening in the dense front ranks. Seeing none, he boldly squeezed in, pushing and sho\ing to right and left. The neighbors resented such behavior and squawked and pecked at the new arrival. But he pressed on amid much opposition and com- plaint until he reached his mate. They changed places and he took up his vigil on the egg. The mate, upon leaving the colony, instead of taking flight from where she stood, went through the former proceeding, often knocking over several neighbors who protested vigorously, jabbing at the parting sister. Arriving at the edge of the ledge, she dropped off into space. The contin- uous going and coming made an interesting per- formance for the onlooker. William L. Photo by W. L. Finley and H. X. CALIFORNIA MURRES Off Oregon coast on Three Arch Rocks Reservation BRUNNICH'S MURRE Uria lomvia lomvia {Liinunis) A. O. U. Xumber 31 See Color Plate 3 Other Names.— Franks' Guillemot; Tliick-hilled Giiilk'iiint: 'ihick-billed Murre ; Briinuich's Guillemot; Polar Guillemot; E^K-bird. General Description.— Length, i,S inches. Similar to common Murre in plumages and changes, but crown darker in contrast with throat and sides of neck; hilt, shorter and stimtcr with cutting edge of upper jaw flesh-colored. Nest and Eggs.— Indistinguishable from those of the Murre. Distribution.— Coasts and islands of north .-\tlantic ; breeds from southern Ellesniere Land, and northern Greeidand to Hudson Bay and Gulf of St. Lawrence: resident in Greenland and Hudson Bay; south rarely in winter from Maine to South Carolina, and in interior to northern Ohio, central Indiana and central Please note that these im
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