8 WATER BIRDS 
Winter Plumage: Throat white; upper parts uniform dark gray ; under 
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: From Sitka northward. 
Breeding Season: June and July. 
Nest: Unlined, in holes in a bank or shallow burrow. 
Egys: 2; deep buff, with fine markings of light purplish 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 4 
midwinter: “About -. _ » ’ il} 
five hundred yards | 
from the surf a_ belt 
of drift kelp extend- “gZB 
ing from Seaside A a ys 
Laboratory GC  _ wf yNe iy 
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OA: 
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around Point “22ks 3 
: p a 
Pinos (Pacific 
Grove, Cal.) 
had gained an 
21. ANCIENT 
MURRELET. 
anchorage. 
‘Tf a white-cap developed near them, 
they would always escape tt by diving.” 
‘Z= row strip between this and the 
beach was the favorite resort of 
- -=7 Ancient Murrelets. A good many were 
aay ° . = 
==" also found near the surf in the little coves in 
aa 
ys 
_~ the direction of Monterey, and some were seen 
a 
- “several miles out from the land. They were great 
