8 WATER BIRDS 



Winter Plumage : Throat white ; upper parts innform dark gray ; uader 



parts white. 

 Downy Young : Above, soft dark gray ; lower parts and throat white. 

 Geographical Distribution : Coasts of the Northern Pacific from Monte- 

 rey northward to arctic circle. 

 Breeding Range : Fiom Sitka northward. 

 Breeding Season: June and July. 

 Nest: Unlined, in holes in a bank or shallow burrow. 

 Eggs: 2 ; deep buff, with fine markings of light pulplish brown. 



Size 2.32 X 1.47. 



In " California Water Birds," No. II., Mr. Leverett 

 M. Loomis says concerning the occurrence of the Ancient 

 Murrelet at Monterey in -n^ \ 

 midwinter: "About . '^^Xf J ^ ^ % -^'^^-^ 



fill! 1 -— ■'v'4--'^ /-^^^^^r^" 



live hundred \ards ^-^^ ^^^ ~ 



from the surf a belt ^ ^i^^^ . . -^ '' . 



of drift kelp extend- C^'^v'-^fe^^'"^^, 



ing from Seaside - --^'^"^ 



Laboratory C 



around Point 



Pinos (Pacific 



Grove, Cal.) 



had gained an 



anchorage. i^fc ^ "'^^^^^^-'^y - -^^ 21. Ancient 



The nar- ^-^ :r^'^^ ^ ^ ' ^^f ' ' ^^^'"'^' "' '' 



'■^If a ichtte-eap developed nea? them, 

 they notdd ahcoys e'scape it by dixing.^* 



row strip between this and the 



beach was the favorite resort of 



T^^Ancient ^luirelets. A good many were 



also found near the surf in the little coves in 



"^'the direction of IMonterey, and some were seen 



several miles out from the land. They were great 



