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Family Gaviid-e: Loons. 



Genus Gavia. 



7. Gavia imber Gunn. Loon; great northern diver. Abundant in migration. 



Description: Bill yellowish, upper ridge and top black to blackish horn 

 color; crown, back and part of the neck pale brown to black, spotted with 

 white; throat and sides of neck crossed by a series of white streaks; breast 

 white. Length about 40. Female smaller than the male. Her under parts 

 have a dirty yellowish tinge; she also has neither the streaked bands on 

 her neck nor the white spots on her body that the male has. Tail feathers 

 of both male and female are short and stiff; front toes fully webbed, hind 

 toe small. 



10. Gavia pacifica. Pacific loon. A migrant. 



Description: Head and neck velvety, back of same whitish to smoky 

 gray; throat black, with a greenish-purplish gloss; longitudinal white 

 streaks show off the neck collar of black; back black, barred with four 

 series of white streaks; lower parts white; tail feathers short and stiff; 

 hind toe small; front toes fully webbed. 



Family Alcid.e: Auks, Murres and Puffins. 

 Genus Lunda. 

 12. Lunda cirrhata Pall. Tufted puffin. Breeding resident. 



Tatoosh Island, a few scattering pairs; Point of Arches group, 1000; 

 Flattery Rocks proper, 2000; White Rock, 900; Carrol islet, 1100; Wisha- 

 looth, 1500; Doh-odaaluh, 100; Cake Rock, 800; Keeksoostahl, 1000; Dhuo- 

 yuatzactahl (Quillayute Needles group), 500; Round islet, 800; Alexander 

 island, 8000; Willoughby Rock, 800; Grenville Pillar, a few scattering pairs; 

 Erin islet, 3000. Total number, 21,500. 



Description: This is a very picturesque sea bird, but shy and mostly a 

 night bird in its movements. Its length is about 16 inches. Over each eye 

 arises a tuft of whitish feathers about four inches in length. Bill high, 

 much compressed, ridged transversely on the sides; bill strong and about 

 as high as long. With this strong bill it crushes clams and other crus- 

 taceans on which it feeds; and, should it be captured, it will attack its cap- 

 tor with this beak with dangerous effect. I saw one cut a hole right through 

 a coat as if it had been done with a pair of tin cutters. On account of the 

 use of its beak in crushing things, together with the appearance of the beak, 

 this bird has been termed "sea parrot." The upper parts of the body of 

 this bird are sooty black; under parts dark gray; a fold of naked, reddish 

 skin at the corner of the mouth; sides of face white, from which strip the 

 silky yellowish-white crest above mentioned extends; feet and bill bright 

 red; eyes white and conspicuous. 



Nest: The nest is on the bare ground at the end of a burrow of some 

 two feet in length. Not more than two eggs are laid. The young birds 

 are ready to fly south about the first of September. Just before they were 

 ready to fly in the year 1909, but after they had left the nest, a terrible 

 wind storm and cold rain blew them into the charging surf and practically 

 all the young perished. 



Genus Cerorhinca. 

 15. Cerorhinca monocerata Pall. Rhinoceros auklet. A common resident 

 of the island division. 



Destruction island, 15,000, and a few scattering pairs on some of the 

 other islands, make up the total number that nest in the region. 



Description: Bill stout, much compressed, longer than deep, tip decurved, 

 base with horn in breeding season; upper parts of body dusky; belly whit- 

 ish; rest of under parts, throat and sides of head plumbaceous; two series 

 of white-pointed feathers flank side of head. Length of bird about 15. 



