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AUKS, MURKES, PUFFINS, ETC. 



AUKS, MITRRES, PUFFINS, ETC. 



A group of birds with bills of varying 

 forms, but all agreeing in having rather short 

 bodies and necks, and by these characters 

 may be distinguished from all other water 

 birds. They all occur on the ocean and all 

 swim and dive well. They sit upright when 

 on land, fig. 14; some walk well, others move 

 with a waddling gait. The wings are short. 



Fig. 16. 



Razor-billed Auk in summer dress. 1-8. 



but the flight is swift and direct, with very 

 rapid wing-beats. The birds move with a 



