. Bird lore . ght and one-half to nine inches. The plumage in winter is the same as in summer, but the bill is markedlydifferent. The Crested Auklet not only molts its feathers like other birds,but sheds the red, horny plates about the base of its beak after the breed-ing season. The very young bird, whose appearance has not long been known, is aball of smoky down, in no way resembling its parents. In the immaturebird the frontal crest and white feathers beneath the eye are wanting or butslightly developed, while the bill is much smaller and dusky brownish. At the Pribilofs, it is no uncommon
. Bird lore . ght and one-half to nine inches. The plumage in winter is the same as in summer, but the bill is markedlydifferent. The Crested Auklet not only molts its feathers like other birds,but sheds the red, horny plates about the base of its beak after the breed-ing season. The very young bird, whose appearance has not long been known, is aball of smoky down, in no way resembling its parents. In the immaturebird the frontal crest and white feathers beneath the eye are wanting or butslightly developed, while the bill is much smaller and dusky brownish. At the Pribilofs, it is no uncommon sight to see fur seals, sea-lions, andmany kind of sea-birds, including Crested Auklets, in great abundance withina radius of fifty yards. We need not concern ourselves, I think, about the preservation of theAuklets. They dwell among the high cliffs and boulder-strewn beaches of athousand uninhabited islands, and know how to stow away their eggs so safelythat neither natives nor blue foxes can get them Cbe &utwbon J^ocietieg EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions, tothe National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City William Dutcher, PresidentTheodore S. Palmer, First Vice-President T. Gilbert Pearson, SecretaryF. A. Lucas, Second Vice-President Jonathan Dwight, Jr., Treasurer Any person, club, school, or company in sympathy with the objects of this Association may be-come a member, and all are welcome. Classes of Membership in the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection ofWild Birds and Animals: $ annually pays for a Sustaining Membership$ paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership$1, constitutes a person a Patron$5, constitutes a person a Founder$25, constitutes a person a Benefactor President Dutcher Upon the occasion of a recent visit toPresident Dutcher, the writer was mostdelightfully su
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