. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . Carroll Islet, Washington, W. L. San Geronimo Island, Mexico. CASSINS Auklet. For description see paqe 235. G. Willett. LIFE HISTORIES OE NOttTH AMERICAN DIVING BIRDS. Ill likely to harbor this ubiquitous bird. The interstices of the stone walls containthem to the number of thousands. Every cavity not definitely occupied by puf-fin, petrel, or rabbit is tenanted by an auklet, and in many cases quarters areshared. If ones imagination is not sufficiently stimulated by regular occursfences, It will be jogged by appearanc
. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . Carroll Islet, Washington, W. L. San Geronimo Island, Mexico. CASSINS Auklet. For description see paqe 235. G. Willett. LIFE HISTORIES OE NOttTH AMERICAN DIVING BIRDS. Ill likely to harbor this ubiquitous bird. The interstices of the stone walls containthem to the number of thousands. Every cavity not definitely occupied by puf-fin, petrel, or rabbit is tenanted by an auklet, and in many cases quarters areshared. If ones imagination is not sufficiently stimulated by regular occursfences, It will be jogged by appearances in unexpected places—an old nest ofrock wren or pigeon guillemot, an inner recess of a murre cave, an abandonedspur of puffin burrow, an overturned wheelbarrow or neglected board lying■on the ground, driftwood on the beach—anything affording the slightest prospect•of protection or cover. A pile of coal, sacked up and awaiting transfer fromlanding to siren, was found to be full of them. Since this was the rule from■center to circumference of this magic isle, we conclude that the Cassin auklet
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