AUKS, MURRES, PUFFINS, ETC. 



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often repeated. They are all gentle, friend- 

 ly, and unsuspicious. It is possible to ap- 

 proach within a few yards of them at any 

 time, and when sitting on their eggs will al- 

 low themselves to be handled without show- 

 ing much fear. 



Fig. 19. 



Murre in winter dress. 1-6. 



All of the species migrate southward in 

 Nov. and northward in Feb. and early March. 

 The Murre winters from northern N. E. 

 northward off the coast. Although there 

 does not appear to be any specimens in col- 

 lections which have been taken as far south 

 as Mass., it may occur here. 



