. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. LXII. AUKS, PUFFINS, FTC. 339 tic, on coasts and islands; breeding from the Bay of Fundy northward, also south to Long Island, and rarely farther south. 3. Black Guillemot (27. Cepphus grylle). — In winter, a mot- tled, grayish-black-backed, white-bellied "sea pigeon," with sooty-black wings marked with a white blotch, formed by the terminal half of the greater wing coverts. The back has the feathers more or less tipped with white. In summer, it is
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. LXII. AUKS, PUFFINS, FTC. 339 tic, on coasts and islands; breeding from the Bay of Fundy northward, also south to Long Island, and rarely farther south. 3. Black Guillemot (27. Cepphus grylle). — In winter, a mot- tled, grayish-black-backed, white-bellied "sea pigeon," with sooty-black wings marked with a white blotch, formed by the terminal half of the greater wing coverts. The back has the feathers more or less tipped with white. In summer, it is a sooty-black bird, with the same white patch on the wings. These birds fly rapidly in a straight line just above the sur- face of the waves, but are usually found, in small flocks, swimming or diving in the water. Length, 13; wing, 6| (6-7) ; tail, 2; tarsus, 1^ culmen, l\. Northern Atlantic Ocean on both shores; in America breeding from Maine to Newfoundland, and wintering south to Phila- d'iilphia. 4. Mandt's Guillemot (28. Cejjp/iMS mdndtii).—Sim- ilar to the last in habits, -'- size, and markings, but the white blotch on the wing is larger, including the bases as well as the tips of the greater wing coverts. Mandt's Gmllemot Length, 13 ; wing, 6J (5^7:|) ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, l\; culmen, 1 J. Arctic regions; in America breeding from Labrador northward, and wintering south to Massachusetts. 6. Murre (30. Uria trSile). — An auk-like bird, with the upper parts from bill to tail a sooty-black and the lower parts white, excepting a brownish band across the lower neck in summer, which in winter is lacking. The head is more brownish and the back, wings, and tail are more blackish. There are white tips to the secondary quills, making a band across the wing. In winter the throat is somewhat tinted with brown and the belly marked with black. (Common Guillemot.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabi
Size: 1458px × 1714px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1898
