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CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 13 
Famity III. ALCIDAS. Avxs, Murres, Purrins. 
V. LUNDA Pattas. 1826. 
12. Tufted Puffin. 
Lunda cirrhata (PALL.) 1826. 
This species is tolerably common along the coasts of Vancouver 
Island and the mainland of British Columbia ; breeds in the Gulf 
of Georgia, (Fannin.) It is acommon species along the whole 
coast of British Columbia and Alaska and breeds in suitable loca- 
lities for nearly the whole distance. Turner says it is particularly 
abundant on the Aleutian Islands and the whole Alaskan coast. 
Breeds amongst rocks and lays only a single egg. The nest 
usually on damp earth at the bottom of a crevice in the rock. 
(Velson.) Common onthe Prybiloff Islands. (/. WZ. Macoun.) 
BREEDING HABITS. 
This bird has the same habits as the Horned Puffin, and arrives 
about the same time. It lays asingle large white egg of a round- 
ed oval shape. (£d/otz.) 
The nesting habits of this Puffin resemble those of the Horned 
Puffin. My own observations show that the former prefers the 
cliffs and edges of bluffs overgrown with grass which has made 
an accumulation of soil on the tops and edges of some bluffs to 
a depth of several feet. This soil is a perfect network of holes 
and burrows of these birds. The nest is usually the bare earth, 
whereon a single egg is laid. The young take to the water before 
they are able to fly. The parent assists the young to the water. 
(Welson.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
We have three specimens of this species two males and 
one female—collected by Mr. J. M. Macoun, in September, 1896, 
on St. Paul Island, Behring Sea. 
Of eggs we have three also—two collected on St. Paul Island 
in 1897 by Mr. J. M. Macoun ; and another collected on Queen 
Sharlotte: Sound, B.C, 28th. June, 1890. The latter specimen 
received from Mr. Raine, Toronto. 
