. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 16 NE8T8 AND B&aS OF 20. LEAST AUKLET. Symorhynchus pusillus (Pall.) Geog. Dist.—Coasts an4 Islands of the North Pacific, from Sitka and Japan northward to Bering Strait. Nelson says: "Of all the water fowl of Bering Sea this trim little bird is the most ; Like the Paroquet and Crested Auklets, this species has a great preference for the deep western half of Bering Sea, ex- cept along the Aleutian chain. Mr. Nelson does not think they breed north of the strait, except on some of the cliffs on the Siberian shore. By
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 16 NE8T8 AND B&aS OF 20. LEAST AUKLET. Symorhynchus pusillus (Pall.) Geog. Dist.—Coasts an4 Islands of the North Pacific, from Sitka and Japan northward to Bering Strait. Nelson says: "Of all the water fowl of Bering Sea this trim little bird is the most ; Like the Paroquet and Crested Auklets, this species has a great preference for the deep western half of Bering Sea, ex- cept along the Aleutian chain. Mr. Nelson does not think they breed north of the strait, except on some of the cliffs on the Siberian shore. By the 1st to the 6tU of June they arrive in great numbers on these islands, and begin to lay. It is said to be comically in- 80 Least Auklet A - different to the proximity of man, and can be ap- vLT, Male, Summsk. proached almost wjthin an arm's length before taking flight, sitting upright and eyeing one with great wisdom and profound as- tonishment. Dr. Coues says: "This curious little bird, the smallest of all the Auks, and one of the least of all water birds, inhabits the coasts and islands of the North Pacific, resorting to favorite breeding places by millions, with S. pslttaculus and S. cristatellus. The nesting is similar, the single egg being laid in the recesses of rocky shingle over the water; size ;* The bird is not known to come soutli so far as the United States. 21. ANCIEIXT MTJRRELET. SyntliUhoramphus antiquus (Gmel.) Geog. Dist.^Coasts and islands of the North Pacific, from Sitka and Japan northward. Accidental in Wisconsin. The Black-throated Guillemot, or Murrelet, is found in the North Pacific Ocean, breeding on the islands and along the coasts from Sitka northward. It breeds in abundance on Near Islands, where a few are resident. On the Commander Islands they also breed. Nests that have been found of this species were in holes in banks, or in burrows in the ground, similar to those used by the Fork-tailed Petrel. On some of the islands of
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