. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. Hl.^. ENGUIN. nivler p:\rts uler and of :lies (female leck become to construct rv white, yel- h numerous ravs in vari- ity in the be seized o; from its MURKE. 399 favorite clifTs, is another singuhir anil coininoii inhabitant of the hi^i^h northern hititudes of both een along the coasts of the United States; but the great bodv of the ^pec ies in America, according to Audubon, winter in th l!ay of l*'undy, w
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. Hl.^. ENGUIN. nivler p:\rts uler and of :lies (female leck become to construct rv white, yel- h numerous ravs in vari- ity in the be seized o; from its MURKE. 399 favorite clifTs, is another singuhir anil coininoii inhabitant of the hi^i^h northern hititudes of both een along the coasts of the United States; but the great bodv of the ^pec ies in America, according to Audubon, winter in th l!ay of l*'undy, where they find an open sea, congenial rocks, and a cool temjierature. These birds begin to assemble on their customary clilTs in England early in May, and crowd together in such number^ that it is not tmcommon to see hundreds sitting upon their tgg'^ on the ledg â of a rock, all in a line, ami nearly touching each other. They lay but a single egg, on the an<l b;irr rock, without any precaution to protect it or the ])rogeny arising from it by any shelter or convenience at all like a nest. It is of a palish green, blotched and marked with black and deep umber brown. They rarely (piit their eggs imless disturbed, and are fed during the time, chiefly with small fish or other marine productions, by the male. In inaccessible ])laces, or where seldom disturbed, it is with difficultv that they are roused to flight, and may then sometimes be taken by the hand ; others flutter into the water below the cliffs on which they nestle, and seem, in fact, to try every expedient but that of flight. They are at all times extremely expert in diving, using their ])inions as oars instead of the feet, thus flying as it were in the water, as well as in the air. After the young are hatched and capable of migrating, by the close of August, they all dis-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and a
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