. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . res, and Puffins. Length: Breeding Plumage : Head and throat black ; sides of neck, line on eachside of crown to nape, white ; upper back gray, streaked laterallywith white ; back, wings, and tail brownish gray, blackish on prima-ries ; sides sooty brown ; breast and belly white. 8 WATER BIRDS Winter Plumage: Throat white; upper parts uniform dark gray ; under parts Y
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . res, and Puffins. Length: Breeding Plumage : Head and throat black ; sides of neck, line on eachside of crown to nape, white ; upper back gray, streaked laterallywith white ; back, wings, and tail brownish gray, blackish on prima-ries ; sides sooty brown ; breast and belly white. 8 WATER BIRDS Winter Plumage: Throat white; upper parts uniform dark gray ; under parts Yoimg : Above, soft dark gray ; lower parts and throat Distribution: Coasts of the Northern Pacific from Monte-rey northward to arctic Range: From Sitka Season: June and : Unlined, in holes in a bank or shallow : 2; deep buff, with fine markings of light puVplish brown. Size X In California Water Birds, No. IT., Mr. LeverettM. Loomis says concerning the occurrence of the AncientMurrelet at Monterey in midwinter: About . ^ W*^ -^ -^ ^five hundred yardsfrom the surf a beltof drift kelp extend- m^^^^m--ing from Seaside 4^:. Laboratory around Point Pinos (Pacific Grove, Cal.) had gained an anchorage. ^ ^^ ^^ The nar- - ^-^W^V - row strip between this and the beach was the favorite resort of Ancient Murrelets. A good many were also found near the surf in the little coves in --^^tbe direction of INIonterey, and some were seen several miles out from the land. They were great
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