. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 40 BIRDS OF AMERICA behind eye as in winter adult plumage; a broad bar across back of neck, lesser and middle wing-coverts, inner secondaries, and a terminal bar on tail, black; first four primaries with outer webs, outer half of inner webs and ends for some distance, black; the rest, pearly-white. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : On rocky ledges overlook- ing the water; made of grass and seaweed. Eggs: 2 or 3, sometimes 5, buff, brownisli-gray, or greenish- gray, irregularly spotted with shades of brown and lavender. Distribution.— Arctic regions; breeds fro
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 40 BIRDS OF AMERICA behind eye as in winter adult plumage; a broad bar across back of neck, lesser and middle wing-coverts, inner secondaries, and a terminal bar on tail, black; first four primaries with outer webs, outer half of inner webs and ends for some distance, black; the rest, pearly-white. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : On rocky ledges overlook- ing the water; made of grass and seaweed. Eggs: 2 or 3, sometimes 5, buff, brownisli-gray, or greenish- gray, irregularly spotted with shades of brown and lavender. Distribution.— Arctic regions; breeds from Wel- lington Channel and northern Greenland south to Gulf of St. Lawrence, and from Arctic islands of Europe and western Siberia to southern France; winters from Gulf of St. Lawrence south to New Jersey, and cas- ually to Virginia. Bermuda, and the Great Lakes; accidental in Missouri, Colorado, and Wyoming. The graceful and industrious little Kittiwake has several interesting and characteristic traits. It pursues its prey after the manner of the Terns, hovering over the water and plunging head fore- most into the sea, with all of the dash and vigor of a Kingfisher. These Gulls are often seen following right whales apparently to get the fragments of tish rejected or dropped by those monsters. Observers who have watched the birds doing this say that they act as if they knew when the whales must rise to breathe. The Kittiwake feeds mainly on fish, but will take almost any animal or vegetable refuse it can find. For drinking it prefers salt water to fresh, and it is often seen sleejnng peacefully, floating on the great rollers, with its head tucked under its wing—literally " rocked in the cradle of the ; It is a great wanderer, and de- cidedly democratic in its disposition, for it is often found in the company of other Gulls, Terns, and various other sea-birds. It takes its vernacular name from a fancied resemblance between its cry and the syllables " ki
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